diff --git a/srcpkgs/vbindiff/template b/srcpkgs/vbindiff/template
index fe13759e26b..52a511f1259 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vbindiff/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vbindiff/template
@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@ short_desc="Visual Binary Diff"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.cjmweb.net/vbindiff/"
-update_pattern='vbindiff-\K.*(?=.tar)'
 distfiles="${homepage}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=7d5d5a87fde953dc2089746f6f6ab811d60e127b01074c97611898fb1ef1983d
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vbindiff/update b/srcpkgs/vbindiff/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0916df2df13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/vbindiff/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='vbindiff-\K.*(?=.tar)'