diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-notify/template b/srcpkgs/python-notify/template
index 93569ebd3f5..b031e6fb3ad 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-notify/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-notify/template
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ short_desc="Python2 bindings for libnotify"
 homepage="http://www.galago-project.org/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-update_pkgname="notify-python"
 distfiles="http://www.galago-project.org/files/releases/source/notify-python/notify-python-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8c5ee28017fdc5b110c31cb76503e535e15e0c60b9a1f1e95ff6c018dd806022
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-notify/update b/srcpkgs/python-notify/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd14e9008e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-notify/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="notify-python"