diff --git a/srcpkgs/qtox/template b/srcpkgs/qtox/template
index 08ab8bb312d..8663afb5fcf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qtox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qtox/template
@@ -19,14 +19,12 @@ changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qTox/qTox/master/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/qTox/qTox/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=b842e2e7cbfa356da32dd7afc7628d55ce35d046ed72a468b211ab9ef863c382
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	ppc64*) ;;
-	armv6*|ppc*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel" ;;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+fi
 
 pre_configure() {
-	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		ppc64*) ;;
-		armv6*|ppc*) sed -i 's/${ALL_LIBRARIES})/atomic \0/' CMakeLists.txt ;;
-	esac
+	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+		sed -i 's/${ALL_LIBRARIES})/atomic \0/' CMakeLists.txt
+	fi
 }