diff --git a/srcpkgs/ninja/update b/srcpkgs/ninja/update
deleted file mode 100644
index b46171ff8b4..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/ninja/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-site="https://github.com/martine/ninja/tags"
-pattern='archive/v\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)'