diff --git a/srcpkgs/opensc/template b/srcpkgs/opensc/template
index 830d5c8282d..a0f519a225c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/opensc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/opensc/template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config docbook-xsl libxslt-devel"
 makedepends="readline-devel pcsclite-devel libressl-devel zlib-devel"
 configure_args="--enable-man  --enable-sm --enable-static=no --enable-doc 
  --with-xsl-stylesheetsdir=/usr/share/xsl/docbook"
-update_pattern=$pkgname'-\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar.gz)'
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="facdca215f74d999b286ae246ada8d8fcb97ce58f0a6dd30d8b1c180101e9bf0"
 conf_files="/etc/opensc.conf"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/opensc/update b/srcpkgs/opensc/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e2a9fec6f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/opensc/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern=$pkgname'-\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar.gz)'