diff --git a/srcpkgs/multitail/template b/srcpkgs/multitail/template
index 6df253fe8b3..87a974d0baa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/multitail/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/multitail/template
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ short_desc="Tail multiple logfiles"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail"
-update_site="http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/download.php"
 distfiles="${homepage}/${pkgname}-${version}.tgz"
 checksum=1e586cd62c3cdb8089062c9670a6d8588359e2f8030b8b18dbc715ea59d92e11
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/multitail/update b/srcpkgs/multitail/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05e1d65fe8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/multitail/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/download.php"