diff --git a/download.lst b/download.lst
index e77744b9ebbf..87821c543946 100644
--- a/download.lst
+++ b/download.lst
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ LIBASSUAN_TARBALL := libassuan-2.5.6.tar.bz2
 # three static lines
 # so that git cherry-pick
 # will not run into conflicts
-LIBATOMIC_OPS_SHA256SUM := 1d6a279edf81767e74d2ad2c9fce09459bc65f12c6525a40b0cb3e53c089f665
-LIBATOMIC_OPS_TARBALL := libatomic_ops-7.6.8.tar.gz
+LIBATOMIC_OPS_SHA256SUM := 15676e7674e11bda5a7e50a73f4d9e7d60452271b8acf6fd39a71fefdf89fa31
+LIBATOMIC_OPS_TARBALL := libatomic_ops-7.8.0.tar.gz
 # three static lines
 # so that git cherry-pick
 # will not run into conflicts
diff --git a/external/libatomic_ops/ExternalProject_libatomic_ops.mk b/external/libatomic_ops/ExternalProject_libatomic_ops.mk
index 143eed2c075a..4f848fcccc72 100644
--- a/external/libatomic_ops/ExternalProject_libatomic_ops.mk
+++ b/external/libatomic_ops/ExternalProject_libatomic_ops.mk
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ $(call gb_ExternalProject_get_state_target,libatomic_ops,build) :
 			CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS) $(gb_VISIBILITY_FLAGS) $(gb_VISIBILITY_FLAGS_CXX) $(call gb_ExternalProject_get_build_flags,libatomic_ops)" \
 			LDFLAGS="$(call gb_ExternalProject_get_link_flags,libatomic_ops)") \
 		$(gb_RUN_CONFIGURE) ./configure \
+			--disable-gpl \
 			$(gb_CONFIGURE_PLATFORMS) \
 		&& $(MAKE) \
 	)