diff --git a/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt b/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt
index ff67668c40..453f8ced65 100644
--- a/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -183,16 +183,6 @@ if (LINUX AND NOT TDESKTOP_DISABLE_GTK_INTEGRATION)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-# Telegram uses long atomic types, so on some architectures libatomic is needed.
-check_cxx_source_compiles("
-#include <atomic>
-std::atomic_int64_t foo;
-int main() {return foo;}
-" HAVE_LONG_ATOMIC_WITHOUT_LIB)
-if (NOT HAVE_LONG_ATOMIC_WITHOUT_LIB)
-    target_link_libraries(Telegram PRIVATE atomic)
-endif()
-
 target_precompile_headers(Telegram PRIVATE ${src_loc}/stdafx.h)
 nice_target_sources(Telegram ${src_loc}
 PRIVATE