diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Gtk2/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Gtk2/template
index 94e88d79f39..ae4029950fa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Gtk2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Gtk2/template
@@ -11,6 +11,5 @@ short_desc="Perl bindings for Gtk2"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
-update_pkgname=Gtk2
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/gtk2-perl/Gtk2-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=3bedcb6b491e54f250f98199c6a0c529ae56461abeb098a56b2e5bdcc30f75ce
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Gtk2/update b/srcpkgs/perl-Gtk2/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5bb0cd38df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Gtk2/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=Gtk2