diff --git a/autotools/PKGBUILD b/autotools/PKGBUILD
index 5b0bef08..53c1c967 100644
--- a/autotools/PKGBUILD
+++ b/autotools/PKGBUILD
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ depends=(
   'make'
   'pkgconf'
 )
-msys2_internal=true
+msys2_references=(
+  'internal'
+)
 source=(README.md)
 sha256sums=('de6ec37dee4875be8e2759dea340f6c1bbdc04457333dc666dcb81b00962a145')
diff --git a/base-devel/PKGBUILD b/base-devel/PKGBUILD
index 684776cf..cc647e07 100644
--- a/base-devel/PKGBUILD
+++ b/base-devel/PKGBUILD
@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@ depends=(
 # until that is fixed:
 source=('README.md')
 sha256sums=('3189b37877feaf3ab2bca4cb14aefe435c463aa0a3a74f7ee06327440b784a34')
-msys2_internal=true
+msys2_references=(
+  'internal'
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/base/PKGBUILD b/base/PKGBUILD
index 00370827..ccc8b9a8 100644
--- a/base/PKGBUILD
+++ b/base/PKGBUILD
@@ -48,4 +48,6 @@ depends=(
 # until that is fixed:
 source=('README.md')
 sha256sums=('46702e24eebde5cf8fbb3d412a524736ef10d16e9c85efa0fc8d256cccf00484')
-msys2_internal=true
+msys2_references=(
+  'internal'
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/filesystem/PKGBUILD b/filesystem/PKGBUILD
index 6bfcf09f..2ab1331b 100644
--- a/filesystem/PKGBUILD
+++ b/filesystem/PKGBUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ license=('spdx:BSD-3-Clause')
 url='https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages/tree/master/filesystem'
 provides=('msys2-base')
 replaces=('msys2-base')
-msys2_internal=true
+msys2_references=(
+  'internal'
+)
 backup=('etc/fstab' 'etc/shells' 'etc/profile'
         etc/bash.bash{rc,_logout} etc/skel/.bash{rc,_profile,_logout}
         etc/nsswitch.conf)
diff --git a/msys2-keyring/PKGBUILD b/msys2-keyring/PKGBUILD
index a22de3fc..806724e0 100644
--- a/msys2-keyring/PKGBUILD
+++ b/msys2-keyring/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ license=('GPL')
 install="${pkgname}.install"
 source=("https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-keyring/archive/${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('1601162e0eaed09e6da78544cba482a041b8dd8720b47c1fb596f5aafafc0021')
-msys2_internal=true
+msys2_references=(
+  'internal'
+)
 
 package() {
   cd "MSYS2-keyring-${pkgver}"
diff --git a/msys2-launcher/PKGBUILD b/msys2-launcher/PKGBUILD
index fee3d56c..8efc9ec4 100644
--- a/msys2-launcher/PKGBUILD
+++ b/msys2-launcher/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ depends=("mintty>=1~2.2.1")
 makedepends=('mingw-w64-cross-gcc')
 source=("https://github.com/msys2/msys2-launcher/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('bd0552417efd04e5c46c2c7009181d72fac0380e99f43d4b2633a505f147f773')
-msys2_internal=true
+msys2_references=(
+  'internal'
+)
 
 build() {
   cd "msys2-launcher-${pkgver}"
diff --git a/pacman-mirrors/PKGBUILD b/pacman-mirrors/PKGBUILD
index fbdc1795..e4f94d53 100644
--- a/pacman-mirrors/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pacman-mirrors/PKGBUILD
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ backup=(
   'etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.clang64'
   'etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.clang32'
 )
-msys2_internal=true
+msys2_references=(
+  'internal'
+)
 
 package() {
   mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/etc/pacman.d