diff --git a/srcpkgs/xvidcore/template b/srcpkgs/xvidcore/template
index 82b436666c1..2e768788eac 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xvidcore/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xvidcore/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ short_desc="ISO MPEG-4 compliant video codec"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.xvid.org"
 license="GPL-2"
-update_site="https://labs.xvid.com/source/"
 distfiles="http://downloads.xvid.org/downloads/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=b0e1ba805a776f791e45040b9aaa0d7ca6d0cb1e4899c7fded275fb57139af54
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xvidcore/update b/srcpkgs/xvidcore/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9a22bfe1e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xvidcore/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="https://labs.xvid.com/source/"