diff --git a/srcpkgs/dhcp/template b/srcpkgs/dhcp/template
index 6a90f690a17..e58deaf1fc2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dhcp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dhcp/template
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ homepage="https://www.isc.org/downloads/dhcp"
 distfiles="http://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp/${version/P/-P}/dhcp-${version/P/-P}.tar.gz"
 checksum=1a7ccd64a16e5e68f7b5e0f527fd07240a2892ea53fe245620f4f5f607004521
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	ppc64*) ;;
-	armv[56]*|ppc*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel";;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NEED_ATOMIC" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+fi
 
 disable_parallel_build=yes
 conf_files="/etc/dhcpd.conf"
@@ -23,12 +22,9 @@ conf_files="/etc/dhcpd.conf"
 make_dirs="/var/lib/dhcp 0755 root root"
 
 post_patch() {
-	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		ppc64*) ;;
-		armv[56]*|ppc*|mips*)
-			sed -i "/LIBATOMIC=/s/$/-latomic/" configure.ac
-			;;
-	esac
+	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NEED_ATOMIC" ]; then
+		vsed -i "/LIBATOMIC=/s/$/-latomic/" configure.ac
+	fi
 }
 
 pre_configure() {