diff --git a/srcpkgs/ettercap/template b/srcpkgs/ettercap/template
index 71695ed62f0..b75adf184b5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ettercap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ettercap/template
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ short_desc="A network sniffer/interceptor/logger for ethernet LANs"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://ettercap.github.com/ettercap/"
-update_site="http://ettercap.github.io/ettercap/downloads.html"
 
 LDFLAGS="-Wl,--no-as-needed -ldl"
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ettercap/update b/srcpkgs/ettercap/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4b5bb97d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ettercap/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="http://ettercap.github.io/ettercap/downloads.html"