diff --git a/srcpkgs/stunnel/template b/srcpkgs/stunnel/template
index cbb5d827969..d87fe0a66da 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/stunnel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/stunnel/template
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ short_desc="SSL encryption wrapper"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://www.stunnel.org/"
-update_site="https://www.stunnel.org/downloads.html"
-update_ignore="*b*"
 distfiles="https://www.stunnel.org/downloads/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=87b34a74061861d1edd2ab238c73eb989b3d0a17e44574b7b6ead1a16aae38c8
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/stunnel/update b/srcpkgs/stunnel/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bada6bf19d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/stunnel/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://www.stunnel.org/downloads.html"
+ignore="*b*"