diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-online-accounts/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-online-accounts/template
index b5f3352f06f..f10ac70ef5c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-online-accounts/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-online-accounts/template
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/${version%.*}/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=341a2c79cd26770ccbf4476f7ce7222cfe026f442cfbd05dc7f7612f7b30dae9
-update_site="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/cache.json"
-update_ignore="3.*[13579].*"
 
 
 gnome-online-accounts-devel_package() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-online-accounts/update b/srcpkgs/gnome-online-accounts/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a84fbbad8b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-online-accounts/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/cache.json"
+ignore="3.*[13579].*"