diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtk+3/template b/srcpkgs/gtk+3/template
index 245067f6711..2a6f2fcbd6d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtk+3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtk+3/template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ configure_args="--disable-schemas-compile --enable-gtk2-dependency
 short_desc="The GTK+ toolkit (v3)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gtk.org/"
-update_pkgname="gtk+"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gtk+/${version%.*}/gtk+-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=fb9914b04f218c1afb4820ea492f3c6ab6d6993cc6634ecade8303678d05a46e
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtk+3/update b/srcpkgs/gtk+3/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..42e6e4506ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtk+3/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="gtk+"