diff --git a/srcpkgs/glew19/template b/srcpkgs/glew19/template
index 4f5222a281..3934de7d8b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glew19/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glew19/template
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ makedepends="libXext-devel libXmu-devel libXi-devel MesaLib-devel"
 short_desc="The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library (1.9 branch)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://glew.sourceforge.net"
-update_pkgname="glew"
-update_ignore="20* 1.1*"
 license="BSD, MIT, GPL-2"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/glew/glew-${version}.tgz"
 checksum=9b36530e414c95d6624be9d6815a5be1531d1986300ae5903f16977ab8aeb787
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glew19/update b/srcpkgs/glew19/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f7277fbcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/glew19/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pkgname="glew"
+ignore="20* 1.1*"