diff --git a/srcpkgs/trace-cmd/template b/srcpkgs/trace-cmd/template
index 78d9e68d0d4..5041aef8ce5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/trace-cmd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/trace-cmd/template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ short_desc="Tools to use Ftrace Linux kernel internal tracer"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/trace-cmd.git/"
-update_pattern='trace-cmd-v\K[\d.]+'
 
 do_fetch() {
 	git clone -b ${pkgname}-v${version} git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/trace-cmd.git ${pkgname}-${version}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/trace-cmd/update b/srcpkgs/trace-cmd/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4ecedf82c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/trace-cmd/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='trace-cmd-v\K[\d.]+'