diff --git a/srcpkgs/stlarch-font/template b/srcpkgs/stlarch-font/template
index 10925a7d78b..92517e3eedf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/stlarch-font/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/stlarch-font/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ short_desc="Font with many icons"
 maintainer="Ypnose <linuxienATlegtuxDOTorg>"
 license="GPL2"
 homepage="http://sourceforge.net/projects/stlarchfont/"
-update_pkgname="${pkgname//-/_}"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}"/stlarchfont/${pkgname//-/_}-${version}.tar.gz
 checksum=bce5386cdc5efc1e3b5af3e26768c09a303df9fc43ed039eb82ebe8c7da803c3
 wrksrc=${pkgname//-/_}-${version}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/stlarch-font/update b/srcpkgs/stlarch-font/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3683d4fa5fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/stlarch-font/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname="${pkgname//-/_}"