diff --git a/srcpkgs/postgresql/template b/srcpkgs/postgresql/template
index 7982dbe2f58..023f6a39fc6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/postgresql/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/postgresql/template
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ configure_args="--with-openssl --with-python
 short_desc="Sophisticated open-source Object-Relational DBMS"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.postgresql.org"
-update_site="http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/"
-update_pattern='v\K[\d.]+(?!beta)'
 license="BSD"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=14176ffb1f90a189e7626214365be08ea2bfc26f26994bafb4235be314b9b4b0
diff --git a/srcpkgs/postgresql/update b/srcpkgs/postgresql/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d795e318eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/postgresql/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/"
+pattern='v\K[\d.]+(?!beta)'