diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtest/template b/srcpkgs/gtest/template
index aaa34dab081..aa35c6987bc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtest/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtest/template
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 license="MIT"
 hostmakedepends="unzip cmake"
 homepage="https://code.google.com/p/googletest"
-update_pkgname="googletest"
-update_pattern="gtest-\K[\d.]+"
 distfiles="https://googletest.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-${version}.zip"
 checksum=247ca18dd83f53deb1328be17e4b1be31514cedfc1e3424f672bf11fd7e0d60d
 configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtest/update b/srcpkgs/gtest/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4547f3e7d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtest/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pkgname="googletest"
+pattern="gtest-\K[\d.]+"