diff --git a/srcpkgs/openjpeg2/template b/srcpkgs/openjpeg2/template
index 8806039b71d..ae60ba838c2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openjpeg2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openjpeg2/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ license="BSD"
 short_desc="Open-source JPEG 2000 codec written in C language (Version 2)"
 hostmakedepends="cmake"
 makedepends="libpng-devel lcms2-devel tiff-devel"
-update_pkgname="openjpeg"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/openjpeg.mirror/${version}/openjpeg-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="1232bb814fd88d8ed314c94f0bfebb03de8559583a33abbe8c64ef3fc0a8ff03"
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/openjpeg2/update b/srcpkgs/openjpeg2/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d485090e24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/openjpeg2/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="openjpeg"