diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnu-efi-libs/template b/srcpkgs/gnu-efi-libs/template
index 087cd52fb3a..f1518702163 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnu-efi-libs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnu-efi-libs/template
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ short_desc="Library for building UEFI Applications using GNU toolchain"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnu-efi/"
-update_pkgname=gnu-efi
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/gnu-efi/gnu-efi_${version}.orig.tar.gz"
 checksum=d5c5ca168d25bb54ea936a25175d7626778001f788bddc60dbed103874583621
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnu-efi-libs/update b/srcpkgs/gnu-efi-libs/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c3521f16618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnu-efi-libs/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=gnu-efi