diff --git a/srcpkgs/mongodb/template b/srcpkgs/mongodb/template
index 3cf37f927a6..bb7843f8db5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mongodb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mongodb/template
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ _scons_args=" --use-system-boost \
 build_options="systemd"
 # ETOOHUGE
 nodebug=1
-update_site=$homepage/downloads
-update_pattern="mongodb-src-r\K[\d.]+(?=.tar)"
 
 do_configure() {
 	find . -name SConstruct -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/-Werror/-Wno-error/g"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mongodb/update b/srcpkgs/mongodb/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3461a652b1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mongodb/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site=$homepage/downloads
+pattern="mongodb-src-r\K[\d.]+(?=.tar)"