diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnubg/template b/srcpkgs/gnubg/template
index a39757ffbcc..7e034eb8c17 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnubg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnubg/template
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ short_desc="GNU Backgammon game"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnubg.org"
-update_site="http://www.gnubg.org/index.php?itemid=22"
-update_pattern='gnubg-release-\K[\d.]+\d+'
 distfiles="http://www.gnubg.org/media/sources/$pkgname-release-$version-sources.tar.gz"
 checksum=66ca950d33d697f7a87605dfd3b83165ed756a927eaef164684914b9b0a14e3f
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnubg/update b/srcpkgs/gnubg/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88f607b04a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnubg/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="http://www.gnubg.org/index.php?itemid=22"
+pattern='gnubg-release-\K[\d.]+\d+'