diff --git a/srcpkgs/fswatch/template b/srcpkgs/fswatch/template
index 781b69a56a..48a53b1197 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fswatch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fswatch/template
@@ -12,12 +12,9 @@ homepage="https://emcrisostomo.github.io/fswatch/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/emcrisostomo/fswatch/releases/download/${version}/fswatch-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=44d5707adc0e46d901ba95a5dc35c5cc282bd6f331fcf9dbf9fad4af0ed5b29d
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	armv[56]*|ppc|ppc-musl)
-		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
-		LDFLAGS=" -latomic"
-		;;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+fi
 
 post_install() {
 	rm -rf -- "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc"