diff --git a/Source/Core/UICommon/GameFileCache.cpp b/Source/Core/UICommon/GameFileCache.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "UICommon/GameFileCache.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
-#include <atomic>
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <functional>
 #include <list>
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ bool GameFileCache::UpdateAdditionalMetadata(std::shared_ptr<GameFile>* game_fil
   if (custom_cover_changed)
     copy->CustomCoverCommit();
 
-  std::atomic_store(game_file, std::move(copy));
+  *game_file = std::move(copy);
 
   return true;
 }

diff --git a/Source/VSProps/Base.Dolphin.props b/Source/VSProps/Base.Dolphin.props
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <!--Currently needed for some code in StringUtil used only on Android-->
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_SILENCE_CXX17_CODECVT_HEADER_DEPRECATION_WARNING;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <!--The replacement for the old atomic shared_ptr functions was added in C++20, so we can't use it yet-->
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_SILENCE_CXX20_OLD_SHARED_PTR_ATOMIC_SUPPORT_DEPRECATION_WARNING;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
 
       <!--Dolphin-specific definitions-->
       <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">_ARCH_64=1;_M_X86=1;_M_X86_64=1;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>