diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-PyQt4/template b/srcpkgs/python-PyQt4/template
index ea8dd38855d..a9e6bb55d9d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-PyQt4/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-PyQt4/template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ short_desc="Python2 bindings for the Qt4 toolkit"
 _short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro"
-update_pkgname="PyQt-x11-gpl"
 license="GPL-2, GPL-3"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/pyqt/PyQt-x11-gpl-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=853780dcdbe2e6ba785d703d059b096e1fc49369d3e8d41a060be874b8745686
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-PyQt4/update b/srcpkgs/python-PyQt4/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d71994b501b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-PyQt4/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="PyQt-x11-gpl"