diff --git a/srcpkgs/uboot-mkimage/template b/srcpkgs/uboot-mkimage/template
index ba35419a9e5..76babbf7947 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/uboot-mkimage/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/uboot-mkimage/template
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ short_desc="The U-Boot mkimage utility"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/WebHome"
-update_pkgname=u-boot
 distfiles="http://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/u-boot-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=cdaf8c81583abfa2e73da46cfcf87b0cbd9741d9aa766f3b905376e3652d543d
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/uboot-mkimage/update b/srcpkgs/uboot-mkimage/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a4f0ca17b6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/uboot-mkimage/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=u-boot