diff --git a/srcpkgs/trn/template b/srcpkgs/trn/template
index 3b2cd7862d2..d6d36a196f4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/trn/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/trn/template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ short_desc="Text-based threaded Usenet newsreader"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="custom"
 homepage="http://trn.sourceforge.net/"
-update_pattern='trn-\S*?(?=.tar.gz)'
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}4/${wrksrc}.tar.gz"
 checksum=9ab0430244903ad86ed74fcc2fdc39dc043d23968888e071313050a967b8a6ff
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/trn/update b/srcpkgs/trn/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..941aebdd603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/trn/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='trn-\S*?(?=.tar.gz)'