diff --git a/srcpkgs/openjdk/template b/srcpkgs/openjdk/template
index 56e49bc84f9..a4b4a7b6b80 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openjdk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openjdk/template
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ short_desc="OpenJDK Java Development Kit"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://openjdk.java.net/"
-update_site="http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/tags"
-update_pattern='jdk\K8u\d+'
 distfiles="
  http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/archive/${_repo_ver}.tar.gz>jdk8u-${_repo_ver}.tar.gz
  http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/corba/archive/${_repo_ver}.tar.gz>corba-${_repo_ver}.tar.gz
diff --git a/srcpkgs/openjdk/update b/srcpkgs/openjdk/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b7130975e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/openjdk/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/tags"
+pattern='jdk\K8u\d+'