diff --git a/srcpkgs/bam/template b/srcpkgs/bam/template
index 17a76121db9..0bad1f7fec0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bam/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bam/template
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ short_desc="A fast and flexible build system using Lua"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="custom"
 homepage="http://github.com/matricks/bam"
-update_site="http://matricks.github.io/bam/"
-update_pattern='bam-\K[\d.]+\d+'
 distfiles="https://github.com/downloads/matricks/bam/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=5e4e4920b4d265da582f66774e9b1ec8ddfbe75ddc028fba86c12f686ea18db3
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bam/update b/srcpkgs/bam/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dcfe011d337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/bam/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="http://matricks.github.io/bam/"
+pattern='bam-\K[\d.]+\d+'