diff --git a/srcpkgs/litecoin/update b/srcpkgs/litecoin/update
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index 9271e0020d7..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/litecoin/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-site="https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/tags"
-pattern='archive/v?\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)'