diff --git a/srcpkgs/ohsnap-font/template b/srcpkgs/ohsnap-font/template
index 3213d3f5d4..af6b5e4125 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ohsnap-font/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ohsnap-font/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ short_desc="Monospaced font based on artwiz snap"
 maintainer="Ypnose <linuxienATlegtuxDOTorg>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://sourceforge.net/projects/osnapfont/"
-update_pkgname="${pkgname%-*}"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}"/osnapfont/${pkgname%-*}-${version}.tar.gz
 checksum=081729e01699a867b9ad792e63a17d2ab333a6073833a6a8f3f27f32fc27185f
 wrksrc=${pkgname%-*}-${version}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ohsnap-font/update b/srcpkgs/ohsnap-font/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f9a291297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ohsnap-font/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="${pkgname%-*}"