diff --git a/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/template b/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/template
index a691bca5e0b..01932d49261 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/template
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="EPL"
 homepage="http://gcc.gnu.org/java/"
 checksum=9506e75b862f782213df61af67338eb7a23c35ff425d328affc65585477d34cd
-update_pkgname=ecj
 distfiles="http://mirrors.kernel.org/sources.redhat.com/java/ecj-${version}.jar"
 
 do_install() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/update b/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9c5f7bf97b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/eclipse-ecj/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=ecj