diff --git a/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template b/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template
index d753596ebf1..b61d427e98d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ homepage="http://live.gnome.org/GObjectInstrospection"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=3ba2edfad4f71d4f0de16960b5d5f2511335fa646b2c49bbb93ce5942b3f95f7
-update_site="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/cache.json"
-update_ignore="1.*[13579].*"
 nocross=yes
 
 gir-freedesktop_package() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/update b/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0980963f6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/cache.json"
+ignore="1.*[13579].*"