diff --git a/srcpkgs/libnl3/template b/srcpkgs/libnl3/template
index b4e258591f..897f400fce 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libnl3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libnl3/template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ short_desc="Netlink Protocol Library Suite"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl"
-update_pkgname=libnl
 distfiles="${homepage}/files/libnl-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8beb7590674957b931de6b7f81c530b85dc7c1ad8fbda015398bc1e8d1ce8ec5
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libnl3/update b/srcpkgs/libnl3/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2e13cc88d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libnl3/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=libnl