diff --git a/srcpkgs/virtuoso/template b/srcpkgs/virtuoso/template
index b9d33e7327b..ebd8e4b62e7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/virtuoso/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/virtuoso/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ short_desc="A scalable cross-platform server of virtuoso"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/wiki/main/Main/"
-update_pkgname="${pkgname}-opensource"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-opensource-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=08d05c6165117de0370e81aa89ddab618e645b5110be301f72e6ffea7044ca50
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/virtuoso/update b/srcpkgs/virtuoso/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d967cd39c10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/virtuoso/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="${pkgname}-opensource"