diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-dbus/template b/srcpkgs/python-dbus/template
index db07f17d6dc..4af005274f9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-dbus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-dbus/template
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ short_desc="D-Bus Python2 bindings"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/DBusBindings"
-update_pkgname="dbus-python"
 distfiles="http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-python/dbus-python-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=e12c6c8b2bf3a9302f75166952cbe41d6b38c3441bbc6767dbd498942316c6df
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-dbus/update b/srcpkgs/python-dbus/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19e00958558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-dbus/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="dbus-python"