diff --git a/srcpkgs/litecoin/template b/srcpkgs/litecoin/template
index e37dcc76089..ccc73646939 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/litecoin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/litecoin/template
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ makedepends="zlib-devel db-devel>=5.3 libressl-devel>=2.1.2 boost-devel>=1.54 au
 short_desc="Peer-to-peer Internet currency based on scrypt cryptography"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
-update_site="https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/tags"
-update_pattern='archive/v?\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)'
 homepage="http://www.litecoin.org/"
 
 do_fetch() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/litecoin/update b/srcpkgs/litecoin/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9271e0020d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/litecoin/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/tags"
+pattern='archive/v?\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)'