diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Locale-gettext/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Locale-gettext/template
index 54b66701180..6429d7b5537 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Locale-gettext/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Locale-gettext/template
@@ -11,6 +11,5 @@ short_desc="Permits access from Perl to the gettext() family of functions"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://search.cpan.org/dist/gettext"
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
-update_pkgname=gettext
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/Locale/gettext-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=27367f3dc1be79c9ed178732756e37e4cfce45f9e2a27ebf26e1f40d80124694
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Locale-gettext/update b/srcpkgs/perl-Locale-gettext/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76b5180c6f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Locale-gettext/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=gettext