diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgdlmm/template b/srcpkgs/libgdlmm/template
index fefa3b53a2b..86b599571fc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgdlmm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgdlmm/template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ short_desc="C++ bindings for the gdl library"
 homepage="https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdlmm"
 license="LGPL-2"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
-update_pkgname=$_realname
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$_realname/3.7/$_realname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=e280ed9233877b63ad0a0c8fb04d2c35dc6a29b3312151ee21a15b5932fef79b
 wrksrc=${_realname}-${version}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgdlmm/update b/srcpkgs/libgdlmm/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8273a389c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgdlmm/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=$_realname