diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtkmm2/template b/srcpkgs/gtkmm2/template
index c7a1d01cb2..5cf752ccb0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtkmm2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtkmm2/template
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="gtk+-devel libsigc++-devel atkmm-devel pangomm-devel libXcursor-devel"
 short_desc="C++ bindings for The GTK+ toolkit (v2)"
 homepage="http://www.gtkmm.org/"
-update_pkgname="gtkmm"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gtkmm/2.24/gtkmm-$version.tar.xz"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtkmm2/update b/srcpkgs/gtkmm2/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50088372dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtkmm2/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="gtkmm"