diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnupg2/template b/srcpkgs/gnupg2/template
index 034114ac3d..88ded55159 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnupg2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnupg2/template
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ short_desc="The GNU Privacy Guard"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnupg.org/"
-update_pkgname=gnupg
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=70ecd01d2875db62624c911c2fd815742f50aef5492698eb3bfc09a08690ce49
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnupg2/update b/srcpkgs/gnupg2/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95f92483c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnupg2/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=gnupg