diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-crypto/template b/srcpkgs/python-crypto/template
index 9cff956c772..997e4df3f8b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-crypto/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-crypto/template
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ short_desc="The Python Cryptography Toolkit (Python2)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/"
 license="PSF, Public domain"
-update_pkgname=pycrypto
-update_ignore="*a* *b*"
 distfiles="http://ftp.dlitz.net/pub/dlitz/crypto/pycrypto/pycrypto-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=f2ce1e989b272cfcb677616763e0a2e7ec659effa67a88aa92b3a65528f60a3c
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-crypto/update b/srcpkgs/python-crypto/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5c13dd3231b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-crypto/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pkgname=pycrypto
+ignore="*a* *b*"