diff --git a/src/atomic/SDL_atomic.c b/src/atomic/SDL_atomic.c
index dd90a6b219..5f4057bd34 100644
--- a/src/atomic/SDL_atomic.c
+++ b/src/atomic/SDL_atomic.c
@@ -39,12 +39,8 @@
 #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. */
-#if !defined(__ANDROID__)
 #define HAVE_ATOMIC_LOAD_N 1
 #endif
-#endif
 
 /* *INDENT-OFF* */ /* clang-format off */
 #if defined(__WATCOMC__) && defined(__386__)