diff --git a/cmake/oomph_common.cmake b/cmake/oomph_common.cmake
index 317b10b..cf147d5 100644
--- a/cmake/oomph_common.cmake
+++ b/cmake/oomph_common.cmake
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function(oomph_shared_lib_options target)
     oomph_target_compile_options(${target})
     oomph_target_link_options(${target})
     target_link_libraries(${target} PUBLIC HWMALLOC::hwmalloc)
-    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
+    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" AND NOT APPLE)
         target_link_libraries(${target} PUBLIC atomic)
     endif()
 endfunction()