diff --git a/srcpkgs/ltrace/template b/srcpkgs/ltrace/template
index 7611d80b9b7..89c836b6c12 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ltrace/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ltrace/template
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ conf_files="/etc/ltrace.conf"
 short_desc="Tracks runtime library calls in dynamically linked programs"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://ltrace.alioth.debian.org/"
-update_site="http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/ltrace.git/refs/"
-update_pattern='tag/\?id=\K[\d.]+'
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://xbps.nopcode.org/distfiles/ltrace-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=0e6f8c077471b544c06def7192d983861ad2f8688dd5504beae62f0c5f5b9503
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ltrace/update b/srcpkgs/ltrace/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a957f7261c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ltrace/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/ltrace.git/refs/"
+pattern='tag/\?id=\K[\d.]+'