diff --git a/srcpkgs/muffin/template b/srcpkgs/muffin/template
index 584353f9751..24a0ac3fe08 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/muffin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/muffin/template
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ makedepends="clutter-devel startup-notification-devel libcanberra-devel
 depends="dconf zenity"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
-update_site="https://github.com/linuxmint/${pkgname}/tags"
-update_pattern='archive/\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)'
 homepage="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/"
 
 do_fetch() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/muffin/update b/srcpkgs/muffin/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..413af3c979e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/muffin/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://github.com/linuxmint/${pkgname}/tags"
+pattern='archive/\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)'