diff --git a/libcxx/include/atomic b/libcxx/include/atomic
index e0bc08475a..1175474fd5 100644
--- a/libcxx/include/atomic
+++ b/libcxx/include/atomic
@@ -1053,11 +1053,6 @@ template <typename _Tp, int _Sco,
           typename _Base = __cxx_atomic_base_impl<_Tp, _Sco> >
 #endif //_LIBCUDACXX_ATOMIC_ONLY_USE_BUILTINS
 struct __cxx_atomic_impl : public _Base {
-#if _GNUC_VER >= 501
-    static_assert(is_trivially_copyable<_Tp>::value,
-      "std::atomic<Tp> requires that 'Tp' be a trivially copyable type");
-#endif
-
   __cxx_atomic_impl() _NOEXCEPT _LIBCUDACXX_DEFAULT
   _LIBCUDACXX_INLINE_VISIBILITY _LIBCUDACXX_CONSTEXPR explicit __cxx_atomic_impl(_Tp value) _NOEXCEPT
     : _Base(value) {}
diff --git a/libcxx/include/support/atomic/cxx_atomic.h b/libcxx/include/support/atomic/cxx_atomic.h
index 4a3c12b9dd..077804b1a7 100644
--- a/libcxx/include/support/atomic/cxx_atomic.h
+++ b/libcxx/include/support/atomic/cxx_atomic.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct __cxx_atomic_base_impl {
 
   static constexpr int __sco = _Sco;
 
-#if _GNUC_VER >= 501
+#if !defined(_GNUC_VER) || (defined(_GNUC_VER) && _GNUC_VER >= 501)
     static_assert(is_trivially_copyable<_Tp>::value,
       "std::atomic<Tp> requires that 'Tp' be a trivially copyable type");
 #endif
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ struct __cxx_atomic_ref_base_impl {
 
   static constexpr int __sco = _Sco;
 
-#if _GNUC_VER >= 501
+#if !defined(_GNUC_VER) || (defined(_GNUC_VER) && _GNUC_VER >= 501)
     static_assert(is_trivially_copyable<_Tp>::value,
       "std::atomic_ref<Tp> requires that 'Tp' be a trivially copyable type");
 #endif