diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgexiv2/template b/srcpkgs/libgexiv2/template
index 4d92e8370d3..6180b17755b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgexiv2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgexiv2/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ short_desc="GObject-based wrapper around the Exiv2 library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gexiv2"
-update_pkgname=gexiv2
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gexiv2/${version%.*}/${pkgname/lib/}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=2fd21f0ed5125e51d02226e7f41be751cfa8ae411a8ed1a651e16b06d79047b2
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgexiv2/update b/srcpkgs/libgexiv2/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3cc5e8fbe2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgexiv2/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=gexiv2