diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-yaml/template b/srcpkgs/python-yaml/template
index 6142f2848b8..af5bc5511d3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-yaml/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-yaml/template
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ short_desc="YAML parser and emitter for Python2"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://pyyaml.org/wiki/PyYAML"
 license="MIT"
-update_pkgname="PyYAML"
 distfiles="http://pyyaml.org/download/pyyaml/PyYAML-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c36c938a872e5ff494938b33b14aaa156cb439ec67548fcab3535bb78b0846e8
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-yaml/update b/srcpkgs/python-yaml/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14681c82c93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-yaml/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="PyYAML"