diff --git a/srcpkgs/json-c/template b/srcpkgs/json-c/template
index e3bda60a48d..564dfacfa96 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/json-c/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/json-c/template
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ short_desc="A JSON implementation in C"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://oss.metaparadigm.com/$pkgname"
-update_site="https://s3.amazonaws.com/json-c_releases"
 distfiles="https://s3.amazonaws.com/json-c_releases/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=000c01b2b3f82dcb4261751eb71f1b084404fb7d6a282f06074d3c17078b9f3f
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/json-c/update b/srcpkgs/json-c/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3040455d3c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/json-c/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="https://s3.amazonaws.com/json-c_releases"