diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-translations/template b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-translations/template
index 8a4adae2c12..a844c48d0db 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-translations/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-translations/template
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ short_desc="Translations for Cinnamon and Nemo"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/"
-update_site="https://api.github.com/repos/linuxmint/$pkgname/tags"
-update_pattern='"name":\s*"\K[^\d]*([\d\.]+)(?=")'
 
 do_fetch() {
 	git clone -b ${version} git://github.com/linuxmint/${pkgname} ${pkgname}-${version}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-translations/update b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-translations/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97b9b492e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-translations/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://api.github.com/repos/linuxmint/$pkgname/tags"
+pattern='"name":\s*"\K[^\d]*([\d\.]+)(?=")'