diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-smbc/template b/srcpkgs/python-smbc/template
index b662dbe876..b52ca1bcf5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-smbc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-smbc/template
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ short_desc="Python2 bindings for libsmbclient"
 homepage="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pysmbc/"
 license="GPL-2"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-update_pkgname="pysmbc"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pysmbc/pysmbc-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=e12e397a4d23ddad8b7ef74abb9f8eef55fdf54d91f622bf5224a0a591b17854
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-smbc/update b/srcpkgs/python-smbc/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1cf65c361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-smbc/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="pysmbc"