diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmpc/template b/srcpkgs/libmpc/template
index 698b679afee..ffa6c3c7dc8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libmpc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmpc/template
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ short_desc="C library for the arithmetic of complex numbers"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.multiprecision.org"
 license="LGPL-3"
-update_pkgname=mpc
-update_site="${homepage}/?prog=mpc&page=download"
 distfiles="http://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/download/mpc-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=b561f54d8a479cee3bc891ee52735f18ff86712ba30f036f8b8537bae380c488
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmpc/update b/srcpkgs/libmpc/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a36021568eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmpc/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pkgname=mpc
+site="${homepage}/?prog=mpc&page=download"