diff --git a/srcpkgs/filezilla/template b/srcpkgs/filezilla/template
index cb8a1029170..58c2eaed01f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/filezilla/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/filezilla/template
@@ -14,6 +14,5 @@ short_desc="Fast and reliable FTP, FTPS and SFTP client"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://filezilla-project.org/"
-update_pattern="FileZilla_\K[\d.]+(?=_src)"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/FileZilla_${version}_src.tar.bz2"
 checksum=b351ee946b8c399c3b9ab4ad73de688a4bad6025d15aa9ff5b6b853a6254ede4
diff --git a/srcpkgs/filezilla/update b/srcpkgs/filezilla/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f021572700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/filezilla/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern="FileZilla_\K[\d.]+(?=_src)"