diff --git a/srcpkgs/wavpack/template b/srcpkgs/wavpack/template
index b3338457d7c..d9613073e30 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wavpack/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wavpack/template
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ short_desc="An audio codec (lossy and lossless)"
 homepage="http://www.wavpack.com/"
 license="BSD"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-update_site="${homepage}downloads.html"
 distfiles="http://www.wavpack.com/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=2cade379b0aba99fbc4e442ccc6dac6c609f6212e46516a083e24c8c364430a4
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/wavpack/update b/srcpkgs/wavpack/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94e6728911f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/wavpack/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="${homepage}downloads.html"