diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-polib/template b/srcpkgs/python-polib/template
index 93aae86f01b..bc4abae2acf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-polib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-polib/template
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ short_desc="Python2 library to manipulate gettext files"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://bitbucket.org/izi/polib/"
 license="MIT"
-update_pkgname="polib"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/polib/polib-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=20d2a0d589a692c11df549bd7cda83c665eef2a83e017b843fecdf956edbad74
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-polib/update b/srcpkgs/python-polib/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e62b60d9b0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-polib/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="polib"