diff --git a/srcpkgs/font-unifont-bdf/template b/srcpkgs/font-unifont-bdf/template
index 1701c863ca8..cfe672c340b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/font-unifont-bdf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/font-unifont-bdf/template
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ revision=1
 create_wrksrc=yes
 noarch=yes
 homepage="http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html"
-update_pattern='unifont-\K[\d.]+(?=\.bdf)'
 distfiles="http://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont-${version}/font-builds/unifont-${version}.bdf.gz"
 depends="font-util"
 font_dirs="/usr/share/fonts/misc"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/font-unifont-bdf/update b/srcpkgs/font-unifont-bdf/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6a734e5682c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/font-unifont-bdf/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='unifont-\K[\d.]+(?=\.bdf)'