diff --git a/srcpkgs/midori/template b/srcpkgs/midori/template
index f1d28970c92..2458c77b7c3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/midori/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/midori/template
@@ -18,7 +18,5 @@ short_desc="Lightweight web browser using WebKit GTK+"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.midori-browser.org/"
 license="GPL-2"
-update_site="${homepage}download/"
-update_pattern=$pkgname'_\K[\d.]+'
 distfiles="http://www.midori-browser.org/downloads/midori_${version}_all_.tar.bz2"
 checksum=b1a5309d926ea4e394f4a39552023b0427cf23053793d325e3daefceed282ec0
diff --git a/srcpkgs/midori/update b/srcpkgs/midori/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..196709402cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/midori/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="${homepage}download/"
+pattern=$pkgname'_\K[\d.]+'