diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-ssh-askpass/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-ssh-askpass/template
index 236d444552..5e8d321b48 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-ssh-askpass/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-ssh-askpass/template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ license="BSD"
 homepage="http://www.openssh.org"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/openssh-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=b2f8394eae858dabbdef7dac10b99aec00c95462753e80342e530bbb6f725507
-update_pkgname="openssh"
 
 do_build() {
 	cd contrib
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-ssh-askpass/update b/srcpkgs/gnome-ssh-askpass/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4e3d7e511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-ssh-askpass/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="openssh"