diff --git a/srcpkgs/gstreamer1/template b/srcpkgs/gstreamer1/template
index cd509d5be49..2661ed9de89 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gstreamer1/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gstreamer1/template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ makedepends="libxml2-devel libglib-devel $(vopt_if gir gobject-introspection)"
 short_desc="Core GStreamer libraries and elements (1.x)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/"
-update_pkgname="gstreamer"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/gstreamer-${version#*:}.tar.xz"
 checksum=40801aa7f979024526258a0e94707ba42b8ab6f7d2206e56adbc4433155cb0ae
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gstreamer1/update b/srcpkgs/gstreamer1/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ed5b568b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gstreamer1/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="gstreamer"