diff --git a/srcpkgs/libssh/template b/srcpkgs/libssh/template
index 8e7768e6935..a6774bb2b98 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libssh/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libssh/template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ license="BSD"
 homepage="http://www.libssh.org/"
 distfiles="http://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/snapshot/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum="0dc8f8b540767e57950610a36dde90d4f5ba0102697d1620f19ece40db2a239f"
-update_site="http://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/"
 
 libssh-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libssh/update b/srcpkgs/libssh/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..334c37a7704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libssh/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="http://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/"