diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsamplerate/template b/srcpkgs/libsamplerate/template
index 9c489ea7361..b2a7334643a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libsamplerate/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsamplerate/template
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ short_desc="Sample Rate Converter for audio"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC"
 license="GPL-2"
-update_site="${homepage}/download.html"
 distfiles="http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=93b54bdf46d5e6d2354b7034395fe329c222a966790de34520702bb9642f1c06
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsamplerate/update b/srcpkgs/libsamplerate/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ccb8634423
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsamplerate/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="${homepage}/download.html"