diff --git a/srcpkgs/vte290/template b/srcpkgs/vte290/template
index f1fdfa972d4..312bac0b515 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vte290/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vte290/template
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ short_desc="Terminal widget with improved accessibility and I18N support"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
-update_pkgname=vte
-update_site="https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vte/${version%.*}/vte-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=54e5b07be3c0f7b158302f54ee79d4de1cb002f4259b6642b79b1e0e314a959c
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vte290/update b/srcpkgs/vte290/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f56e499589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/vte290/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pkgname=vte
+site="https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/"