diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 69daa323d..ff1f2ba8a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ else()
   add_definitions(-D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS)
 endif()
 
-if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL Linux)
-  list(APPEND DEPLIBS "atomic")
-endif()
-
 # Sources to build
 # (use add_dir_sources function to add source/header files from the CMakeLists files of subdirectories)
 add_subdirectory(src)
diff --git a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
index f16e0455a..2ed234956 100644
--- a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,11 +53,7 @@ add_executable(${BINARY}
     ../utils/XMLUtils.cpp
     )
 
-if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL Linux)
-  SET(ADD_LINK_LIBS "atomic")
-endif()
-
-target_link_libraries(${BINARY} PRIVATE ${BENTO4_LIBRARIES} ${PUGIXML_LIBRARIES} ${GTEST_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ${ADD_LINK_LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(${BINARY} PRIVATE ${BENTO4_LIBRARIES} ${PUGIXML_LIBRARIES} ${GTEST_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 
 set(TEST_DATA_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/test/manifests")
 add_test(NAME manifest_tests COMMAND ${BINARY} "${TEST_DATA_DIR}")