diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-gobject/template b/srcpkgs/python-gobject/template
index 4834e485b85..af43768a273 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-gobject/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-gobject/template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ pycompile_module="gi pygtkcompat"
 short_desc="Python2 bindings for GObject"
 homepage="https://live.gnome.org/PyGObject"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
-update_pkgname="pygobject"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/pygobject/${version%.*}/pygobject-${version}.tar.xz"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-gobject/update b/srcpkgs/python-gobject/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46e4c147074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-gobject/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="pygobject"