diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsasl/template b/srcpkgs/libsasl/template
index 92b9ec8f08..ae768cf27c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libsasl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsasl/template
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ short_desc="Cyrus SASL - runtime shared libraries"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/"
 license="BSD"
-update_pkgname=cyrus-sasl
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.cyrusimap.org/cyrus-sasl/cyrus-sasl-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8fbc5136512b59bb793657f36fadda6359cae3b08f01fd16b3d406f1345b7bc3
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsasl/update b/srcpkgs/libsasl/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfe7b96b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsasl/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=cyrus-sasl