diff --git a/srcpkgs/llvm/template b/srcpkgs/llvm/template
index efc7b69a862..06cfaa35860 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/llvm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/llvm/template
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ conflicts="llvm-git>=0"
 short_desc="Low Level Virtual Machine"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.llvm.org"
-update_site="http://www.llvm.org/releases/download.html"
 license="BSD"
 distfiles="
  http://www.llvm.org/releases/${version}/llvm-${version}.src.tar.xz
diff --git a/srcpkgs/llvm/update b/srcpkgs/llvm/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..49e4f464a96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/llvm/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="http://www.llvm.org/releases/download.html"