diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0199fec5c0..6350942ef9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1821,7 +1821,6 @@ ARCH_FEATURES="
 
 BUILTIN_LIST="
     atomic_cas_ptr
-    atomic_compare_exchange
     machine_rw_barrier
     MemoryBarrier
     mm_empty
@@ -2322,7 +2321,7 @@ symver_if_any="symver_asm_label symver_gnu_asm"
 valgrind_backtrace_deps="!optimizations valgrind_valgrind_h"
 
 # threading support
-atomics_gcc_if_any="sync_val_compare_and_swap atomic_compare_exchange"
+atomics_gcc_if="sync_val_compare_and_swap"
 atomics_suncc_if="atomic_cas_ptr machine_rw_barrier"
 atomics_win32_if="MemoryBarrier"
 atomics_native_if_any="$ATOMICS_LIST"
@@ -5533,7 +5532,6 @@ if ! disabled network; then
 fi
 
 check_builtin atomic_cas_ptr atomic.h "void **ptr; void *oldval, *newval; atomic_cas_ptr(ptr, oldval, newval)"
-check_builtin atomic_compare_exchange "" "int *ptr, *oldval; int newval; __atomic_compare_exchange_n(ptr, oldval, newval, 0, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST)"
 check_builtin machine_rw_barrier mbarrier.h "__machine_rw_barrier()"
 check_builtin MemoryBarrier windows.h "MemoryBarrier()"
 check_builtin sarestart signal.h "SA_RESTART"
diff --git a/libavutil/atomic_gcc.h b/libavutil/atomic_gcc.h
index 5f9fc49ba0..2bb43c3cea 100644
--- a/libavutil/atomic_gcc.h
+++ b/libavutil/atomic_gcc.h
@@ -28,40 +28,27 @@
 #define avpriv_atomic_int_get atomic_int_get_gcc
 static inline int atomic_int_get_gcc(volatile int *ptr)
 {
-#if HAVE_ATOMIC_COMPARE_EXCHANGE
-    return __atomic_load_n(ptr, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
-#else
     __sync_synchronize();
     return *ptr;
-#endif
 }
 
 #define avpriv_atomic_int_set atomic_int_set_gcc
 static inline void atomic_int_set_gcc(volatile int *ptr, int val)
 {
-#if HAVE_ATOMIC_COMPARE_EXCHANGE
-    __atomic_store_n(ptr, val, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
-#else
     *ptr = val;
     __sync_synchronize();
-#endif
 }
 
 #define avpriv_atomic_int_add_and_fetch atomic_int_add_and_fetch_gcc
 static inline int atomic_int_add_and_fetch_gcc(volatile int *ptr, int inc)
 {
-#if HAVE_ATOMIC_COMPARE_EXCHANGE
-    return __atomic_add_fetch(ptr, inc, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
-#else
     return __sync_add_and_fetch(ptr, inc);
-#endif
 }
 
 #define avpriv_atomic_ptr_cas atomic_ptr_cas_gcc
 static inline void *atomic_ptr_cas_gcc(void * volatile *ptr,
                                        void *oldval, void *newval)
 {
-#if HAVE_SYNC_VAL_COMPARE_AND_SWAP
 #ifdef __ARMCC_VERSION
     // armcc will throw an error if ptr is not an integer type
     volatile uintptr_t *tmp = (volatile uintptr_t*)ptr;
@@ -69,10 +56,6 @@ static inline void *atomic_ptr_cas_gcc(void * volatile *ptr,
 #else
     return __sync_val_compare_and_swap(ptr, oldval, newval);
 #endif
-#else
-    __atomic_compare_exchange_n(ptr, &oldval, newval, 0, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
-    return oldval;
-#endif
 }
 
 #endif /* AVUTIL_ATOMIC_GCC_H */