diff --git a/srcpkgs/liba52/template b/srcpkgs/liba52/template
index 4b28af36052..dd239d62d08 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/liba52/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/liba52/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ short_desc="Free ATSC A/52 stream decoder"
 homepage="http://liba52.sourceforge.net/"
 license="GPL-2"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-update_pkgname=a52dec
 distfiles="http://liba52.sourceforge.net/files/a52dec-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=a21d724ab3b3933330194353687df82c475b5dfb997513eef4c25de6c865ec33
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/liba52/update b/srcpkgs/liba52/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9528f5de3bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/liba52/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=a52dec