diff --git a/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk-arm/template b/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk-arm/template
index 30d8c2d2a82..53aa4f2725c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk-arm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk-arm/template
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ checksum="348252453db819a4cda146753b54b86ebd32191e47ff9f9be671e88aaf919d7c"
 
 distfiles="http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/${version}-b${_build}/${_filename}"
 wrksrc="jdk$_longVersion"
-update_pattern="jdk-\K[^-]+(?=-linux-arm-vfp)"
 
 do_fetch() {
 	mkdir -p $wrksrc
diff --git a/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk-arm/update b/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk-arm/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2cff8d2a7ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/oracle-jdk-arm/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern="jdk-\K[^-]+(?=-linux-arm-vfp)"