diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-ExtUtils-Depends/template b/srcpkgs/perl-ExtUtils-Depends/template
index 2ecc1673c5..a49188ffc5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-ExtUtils-Depends/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-ExtUtils-Depends/template
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@ short_desc="Easily build XS extensions that depend on XS extensions"
 homepage="http://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net/"
 license="Artistic, GPL-1"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-update_pkgname="${pkgname/perl-/}"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/gtk2-perl/ExtUtils-Depends-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=3963e9bc3910b38f402bfdc97fff1f2c87a38db8e5efc20f75f080358bc0594c
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-ExtUtils-Depends/update b/srcpkgs/perl-ExtUtils-Depends/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c25f1eea62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-ExtUtils-Depends/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="${pkgname/perl-/}"