diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-sqlite/template b/srcpkgs/python-sqlite/template
index 3ae3a6c0a70..bc8d4d762d9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-sqlite/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-sqlite/template
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ short_desc="Python2 DB-API 2.0 interface for SQLite databases"
 homepage="https://code.google.com/p/pysqlite/"
 license="MIT"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-update_pkgname="pysqlite"
 distfiles="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pysqlite/pysqlite-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=fe9c35216bf56c858b34c4b4c8be7e34566ddef29670e5a5b43f9cb8ecfbb28d
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-sqlite/update b/srcpkgs/python-sqlite/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9fd01974452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-sqlite/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="pysqlite"