diff --git a/embassy-executor/Cargo.toml b/embassy-executor/Cargo.toml
index cbf6b2ab..042d3f08 100644
--- a/embassy-executor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/embassy-executor/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ _arch = [] # some arch was picked
 arch-std = ["_arch", "critical-section/std"]
 arch-cortex-m = ["_arch", "dep:cortex-m"]
 arch-xtensa = ["_arch"]
-arch-riscv32 = ["_arch", "dep:portable-atomic"]
+arch-riscv32 = ["_arch"]
 arch-wasm = ["_arch", "dep:wasm-bindgen", "dep:js-sys"]
 
 # Enable the thread-mode executor (using WFE/SEV in Cortex-M, WFI in other embedded archs)