diff --git a/srcpkgs/apr-util/template b/srcpkgs/apr-util/template
index f0fc44a743..a916bcf58b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/apr-util/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/apr-util/template
@@ -20,13 +20,10 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 distfiles="http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=d3e12f7b6ad12687572a3a39475545a072608f4ba03a6ce8a3778f607dd0035b
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	ppc64*);;
-	ppc*|armv[56]*|mips*)
-		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
-		LDFLAGS="-latomic"
-		;;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+	LDFLAGS="-latomic"
+fi
 
 pre_configure() {
 	sed -i configure \