diff --git a/srcpkgs/eigen2/template b/srcpkgs/eigen2/template
index 79f62d69fca..082ce7e4e94 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/eigen2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/eigen2/template
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ short_desc="A lightweight C++ template library for vector and matrix math, a.k.a
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Main_Page"
-update_pattern='get/\K[\d.]+'
 distfiles="http://bitbucket.org/eigen/eigen/get/${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=929326dcf23a5b9125f898858f2b2b8e4685173c9a5963f86e593791abb621b1