diff --git a/lld/COFF/CMakeLists.txt b/lld/COFF/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/lld/COFF/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lld/COFF/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   LINK_LIBS
   lldCommon
   ${LLVM_PTHREAD_LIB}
+  ${LLVM_ATOMIC_LIB}
 
   DEPENDS
   COFFOptionsTableGen
diff --git a/lld/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/lld/Common/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/lld/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lld/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-set(LLD_SYSTEM_LIBS ${LLVM_PTHREAD_LIB})
-
-if(NOT HAVE_CXX_ATOMICS64_WITHOUT_LIB)
-  list(APPEND LLD_SYSTEM_LIBS atomic)
-endif()
-
 find_first_existing_vc_file("${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}" llvm_vc)
 find_first_existing_vc_file("${LLD_SOURCE_DIR}" lld_vc)
 
@@ -54,7 +48,8 @@
   Target
 
   LINK_LIBS
-  ${LLD_SYSTEM_LIBS}
+  ${LLVM_PTHREAD_LIB}
+  ${LLVM_ATOMIC_LIB}
 
   DEPENDS
   intrinsics_gen