diff --git a/srcpkgs/sqlite/template b/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
index 017d8b8622d..01078872b87 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ makedepends="readline-devel>=6.3"
 short_desc="SQL Database Engine in a C Library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.sqlite.org"
-update_pattern='>Version \K[\d.]+'
 license="Public Domain"
 distfiles="http://www.sqlite.org/2014/sqlite-autoconf-${_amalgamationver}.tar.gz"
 checksum=86370f139405fdfe03334fd618171a74e50f589f17ccbe5933361ed1f58359ec
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sqlite/update b/srcpkgs/sqlite/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..425926ce0da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sqlite/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='>Version \K[\d.]+'