diff --git a/srcpkgs/xen/template b/srcpkgs/xen/template
index 4164b44d241..5ca3d91de62 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xen/template
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ short_desc="The Xen hypervisor utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://xen.org"
 license="GPL-2"
-update_site="http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git"
-update_pattern='RELEASE-\K[\d.]+'
 distfiles="http://bits.xensource.com/oss-xen/release/$version/xen-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=55b49d3c4575d7791275125ff87c0f86f1d1e0f7f2718b6fd1c4f88a9bc7ea25
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xen/update b/srcpkgs/xen/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab4c7190026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xen/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git"
+pattern='RELEASE-\K[\d.]+'