diff --git a/srcpkgs/xdg-utils/template b/srcpkgs/xdg-utils/template
index 9a5a615f216..fdcc9668a10 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xdg-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xdg-utils/template
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ revision=1
 noarch="yes"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="Tools to assist applications with various desktop integration tasks"
-update_site="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/"
-update_pattern='/tag/\?id=\K[\d\w-.]+'
 homepage="http://portland.freedesktop.org/"
 license="MIT"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xdg-utils/update b/srcpkgs/xdg-utils/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59e7c5de86c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xdg-utils/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/"
+pattern='/tag/\?id=\K[\d\w-.]+'