diff --git a/srcpkgs/cppcheck/update b/srcpkgs/cppcheck/update
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index c46458e13a8..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/cppcheck/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-site="https://api.github.com/repos/danmar/cppcheck/tags"
-pattern='"name":\s*"\K[^\d]*([\d\.]+)(?=")'