diff --git a/srcpkgs/allegro4/template b/srcpkgs/allegro4/template
index 0ec06217ca2..7a4214fc021 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/allegro4/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/allegro4/template
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ short_desc="Portable library mainly aimed at video game and multimedia programmi
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="Allegro License (MIT alike)"
 homepage="http://alleg.sourceforge.net/"
-update_pkgname=allegro
-update_ignore='5.*'
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/alleg/allegro-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=1b21e7577dbfada02d85ca4510bd22fedaa6ce76fde7f4838c7c1276eb840fdc
 nocross=yes
diff --git a/srcpkgs/allegro4/update b/srcpkgs/allegro4/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4fb6771ae99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/allegro4/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pkgname=allegro
+ignore='5.*'