diff --git a/srcpkgs/libyaml/template b/srcpkgs/libyaml/template
index caf91b7b900..6150f4c36e7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libyaml/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libyaml/template
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ short_desc="Fast YAML 1.1 parser and emitter library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://pyyaml.org/wiki/LibYAML"
-update_pkgname=yaml
 distfiles="http://pyyaml.org/download/libyaml/yaml-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=7da6971b4bd08a986dd2a61353bc422362bd0edcc67d7ebaac68c95f74182749
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libyaml/update b/srcpkgs/libyaml/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..99b8546b509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libyaml/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=yaml