diff --git a/package/kodi/kodi.mk b/package/kodi/kodi.mk
index 085169367d..0db79bbb28 100644
--- a/package/kodi/kodi.mk
+++ b/package/kodi/kodi.mk
@@ -205,11 +205,6 @@ else
 KODI_CONF_OPTS += -D_AVX2_OK=OFF -D_AVX2_TRUE=OFF
 endif
 
-# mips: uses __atomic_load_8
-ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
-KODI_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-latomic
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5),)
 KODI_C_FLAGS += -std=gnu99
 endif