diff --git a/srcpkgs/xorg-util-macros/template b/srcpkgs/xorg-util-macros/template
index bfb6478da84..78841e6bff0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xorg-util-macros/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xorg-util-macros/template
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ short_desc="X.org autotool macros"
 homepage="http://www.x.org/"
 license="MIT"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-update_pkgname=util-macros
 distfiles="${XORG_SITE}/util/util-macros-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=2835b11829ee634e19fa56517b4cfc52ef39acea0cd82e15f68096e27cbed0ba
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xorg-util-macros/update b/srcpkgs/xorg-util-macros/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc842ac946d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xorg-util-macros/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=util-macros