diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-cairo/template b/srcpkgs/python-cairo/template
index 97dfc47502e..f57d0985e82 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-cairo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-cairo/template
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ short_desc="Python2 bindings for the cairo graphics library"
 homepage="http://cairographics.org/pycairo/"
 license="LGPL-3"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-update_pkgname=py2cairo
 distfiles="http://cairographics.org/releases/py2cairo-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=d30439f06c2ec1a39e27464c6c828b6eface3b22ee17b2de05dc409e429a7431
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-cairo/update b/srcpkgs/python-cairo/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3659f4748d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-cairo/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=py2cairo