diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-curl/template b/srcpkgs/python-curl/template
index f97e77fe27e..7a730ea46db 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-curl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-curl/template
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ short_desc="Python2 interface to cURL library"
 homepage="http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/"
 license="LGPL-2.1, MIT"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-update_pkgname="pycurl"
 distfiles="http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/download/pycurl-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=6e9770f80459757f73bd71af82fbb29cd398b38388cdf1beab31ea91a331bc6c
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-curl/update b/srcpkgs/python-curl/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d047547081e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-curl/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="pycurl"