diff --git a/srcpkgs/sane/template b/srcpkgs/sane/template
index 4610fb99027..a32df754f2b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sane/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sane/template
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ short_desc="Scanner Access Now Easy"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.sane-project.org/"
 license="GPL-2"
-update_pkgname=sane-backends
 distfiles="http://ftp.lfs-matrix.net/pub/blfs/conglomeration/sane-backends/sane-backends-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=27c7085a54f1505d8b551e6f1e69d30e1ee57328b18429bb2225dabf4c45462d
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sane/update b/srcpkgs/sane/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19b28f7165c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sane/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=sane-backends