diff --git a/srcpkgs/graphite/template b/srcpkgs/graphite/template
index 59362924dd0..51e09420bf6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/graphite/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/graphite/template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ short_desc="Reimplementation of the SIL Graphite text processing engine"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://projects.palaso.org/projects/graphitedev"
 license="LGPL-2.1, GPL-2, BSD"
-update_pkgname=graphite2
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/silgraphite/graphite2-${version}.tgz"
 checksum=4bc3d5168029bcc0aa00eb2c973269d29407be2796ff56f9c80e10736bd8b003
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/graphite/update b/srcpkgs/graphite/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40a2fe420b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/graphite/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pkgname=graphite2