diff --git a/src/atomic/SDL_atomic.c b/src/atomic/SDL_atomic.c
index 0cd67ef936..e8a013c0aa 100644
--- a/src/atomic/SDL_atomic.c
+++ b/src/atomic/SDL_atomic.c
@@ -37,12 +37,8 @@
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 5)
 #define HAVE_ATOMIC_LOAD_N 1
 #elif SDL_HAS_BUILTIN(__atomic_load_n) || (defined(__clang__) && defined(HAVE_GCC_ATOMICS))
-/* !!! FIXME: this advertises as available in the NDK but uses an external symbol we don't have.
-   It might be in a later NDK or we might need an extra library? --ryan. */
-#ifndef SDL_PLATFORM_ANDROID
 #define HAVE_ATOMIC_LOAD_N 1
 #endif
-#endif
 
 /*
   If any of the operations are not provided then we must emulate some