diff --git a/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk/template b/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk/template
index 351cb27efa8..b82df6d2b3b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk/template
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils xdg-utils shared-mime-info wget"
 hostmakedepends="wget"
 provides="java-environment-${version}_1"
 replaces="java-environment>=0"
-update_pattern=">Java SE \K[^<]+(?=<)"
 
 case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
 x86_64)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk/update b/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b8e88c7cb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern=">Java SE \K[^<]+(?=<)"