diff --git a/srcpkgs/fftw/template b/srcpkgs/fftw/template
index ed9bf940103..8c5ca80137d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fftw/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fftw/template
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ short_desc="Library for computing the discrete Fourier transform (DFT)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.fftw.org/"
-update_site="http://www.fftw.org/download.html"
 distfiles="${homepage}/fftw-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8f0cde90929bc05587c3368d2f15cd0530a60b8a9912a8e2979a72dbe5af0982
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fftw/update b/srcpkgs/fftw/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ecbe8c822e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/fftw/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="http://www.fftw.org/download.html"