diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de3246ea..0f5a2799 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 - Prevent feedback loops in SentryLogger ([#275](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-godot/pull/275))
 - Fix `release` option not honored if set to a custom value in the project settings, and fix parsing of `app_name`/`app_version` replacement tokens if set via a configuration script. ([#276](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-godot/pull/276))
+- Remove `libatomic.so.1` dependency on Linux ([#278](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-godot/pull/278))
 
 ## 1.0.0-alpha.2
 
diff --git a/modules/SConstruct b/modules/SConstruct
index 323bd5fc..1cd97833 100644
--- a/modules/SConstruct
+++ b/modules/SConstruct
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ elif platform == "linux":
     env.Append(
         LIBS=[
             "curl",
-            "atomic"
         ]
     )
 elif platform == "macos":
diff --git a/src/sentry/native/native_sdk.cpp b/src/sentry/native/native_sdk.cpp
index d1ee5c22..ddd0ed1c 100644
--- a/src/sentry/native/native_sdk.cpp
+++ b/src/sentry/native/native_sdk.cpp
@@ -185,12 +185,20 @@ String NativeSDK::capture_message(const String &p_message, Level p_level) {
 			p_message.utf8().get_data());
 
 	sentry_uuid_t uuid = sentry_capture_event(event);
-	last_uuid.store(uuid, std::memory_order_release);
+
+	last_uuid_mutex->lock();
+	last_uuid = uuid;
+	last_uuid_mutex->unlock();
+
 	return _uuid_as_string(uuid);
 }
 
 String NativeSDK::get_last_event_id() {
-	return _uuid_as_string(last_uuid.load(std::memory_order_acquire));
+	last_uuid_mutex->lock();
+	String uuid_str = _uuid_as_string(last_uuid);
+	last_uuid_mutex->unlock();
+
+	return uuid_str;
 }
 
 Ref<SentryEvent> NativeSDK::create_event() {
@@ -206,7 +214,11 @@ String NativeSDK::capture_event(const Ref<SentryEvent> &p_event) {
 	sentry_value_t event = native_event->get_native_value();
 	sentry_value_incref(event); // Keep ownership.
 	sentry_uuid_t uuid = sentry_capture_event(event);
-	last_uuid.store(uuid, std::memory_order_release);
+
+	last_uuid_mutex->lock();
+	last_uuid = uuid;
+	last_uuid_mutex->unlock();
+
 	return _uuid_as_string(uuid);
 }
 
@@ -318,6 +330,11 @@ void NativeSDK::initialize(const PackedStringArray &p_global_attachments) {
 	}
 }
 
+NativeSDK::NativeSDK() {
+	last_uuid_mutex.instantiate();
+	last_uuid = sentry_uuid_nil();
+}
+
 NativeSDK::~NativeSDK() {
 	sentry_close();
 }
diff --git a/src/sentry/native/native_sdk.h b/src/sentry/native/native_sdk.h
index fa4e988e..7c7bc958 100644
--- a/src/sentry/native/native_sdk.h
+++ b/src/sentry/native/native_sdk.h
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
 #include "sentry/internal_sdk.h"
 
 #include <sentry.h>
-#include <atomic>
+#include <godot_cpp/classes/mutex.hpp>
 
 namespace sentry {
 
 // Internal SDK utilizing sentry-native.
 class NativeSDK : public InternalSDK {
 private:
-	std::atomic<sentry_uuid_t> last_uuid;
+	sentry_uuid_t last_uuid;
+	Ref<Mutex> last_uuid_mutex;
 	bool initialized = false;
 
 public:
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ class NativeSDK : public InternalSDK {
 
 	virtual void initialize(const PackedStringArray &p_global_attachments) override;
 
+	NativeSDK();
 	virtual ~NativeSDK() override;
 };