diff --git a/srcpkgs/audacity/template b/srcpkgs/audacity/template
index c79b014079e..6295325b9b9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/audacity/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/audacity/template
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ short_desc="Graphical cross-platform audio editor"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/"
-update_site="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/source"
-update_pattern='audacity-minsrc-\K[\d.]+\d+'
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-minsrc-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=3080c190e678e0d682961a36c6e990c572dacd6b5ce499e5cec7362e9fa37d7b
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/audacity/update b/srcpkgs/audacity/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1c1d77f104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/audacity/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/source"
+pattern='audacity-minsrc-\K[\d.]+\d+'