diff --git a/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/template b/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/template
index 3084700d55f..a845009de04 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/template
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ short_desc="A comprehensive free Prolog environment"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://www.swi-prolog.org/"
-update_site="http://www.swi-prolog.org/download/stable"
-update_pattern='pl-\K[\d.]+\d'
 distfiles="http://www.swi-prolog.org/download/stable/src/pl-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=9f80bb274e2f31fd68b0acbe35982c012d5f8311dbe44ec1d8d04351a776996d
 nocross=yes
diff --git a/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/update b/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bef88c753fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="http://www.swi-prolog.org/download/stable"
+pattern='pl-\K[\d.]+\d'