diff --git a/srcpkgs/boost/template b/srcpkgs/boost/template
index 348ffeb4a8c..686cf859cb8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boost/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boost/template
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel icu-devel>=54"
 short_desc="Free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.boost.org/"
-update_site="http://www.boost.org/users/download/"
-update_pattern='Version \K[\d.]+(?! beta)(?=<)'
 license="Boost Software License 1.0"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/${pkgname}_${version//\./_}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=047e927de336af106a24bceba30069980c191529fd76b8dff8eb9a328b48ae1d
diff --git a/srcpkgs/boost/update b/srcpkgs/boost/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a628710cae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/boost/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="http://www.boost.org/users/download/"
+pattern='Version \K[\d.]+(?! beta)(?=<)'