diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-atspi/template b/srcpkgs/python-atspi/template
index f26903bd33..aca6fbd05e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-atspi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-atspi/template
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ short_desc="Python2 bindings for AT-SPI"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnome.org/"
 license="GPL-2"
-update_pkgname=pyatspi
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/pyatspi/${version%.*}/pyatspi-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=4e6cd801412a090dcc7ec2a27298dee5e84dc0af11479d5d5c061254b8ea6ac4
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-atspi/update b/srcpkgs/python-atspi/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2771db6a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-atspi/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=pyatspi