diff --git a/srcpkgs/jq/template b/srcpkgs/jq/template
index e339a1b13ce..9da86eef52c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/jq/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/jq/template
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ short_desc="Command-line JSON processor"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="custom"
 homepage="http://stedolan.github.io/jq/"
-update_site="http://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/"
 distfiles="http://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=998c41babeb57b4304e65b4eb73094279b3ab1e63801b6b4bddd487ce009b39d
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/jq/update b/srcpkgs/jq/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5952b47d8f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/jq/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="http://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/"