diff --git a/srcpkgs/less/template b/srcpkgs/less/template
index a493f08000a..88ff792e49e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/less/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/less/template
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@ short_desc="Pager program similar to more(1)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less"
-update_site="${homepage}/download.html"
 distfiles="${homepage}/less-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=37f613fa9a526378788d790a92217d59b523574cf7159f6538da8564b3fb27f8
diff --git a/srcpkgs/less/update b/srcpkgs/less/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ccb8634423
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/less/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="${homepage}/download.html"