diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon/template b/srcpkgs/cinnamon/template
index d6e1fffb7bb..7e0a7b3300c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cinnamon/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cinnamon/template
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ depends="
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/"
-update_site="https://api.github.com/repos/linuxmint/Cinnamon/tags"
-update_pattern='"name":\s*"\K[^\d]*([\d\.]+)(?=")'
 
 do_fetch() {
 	git clone -b ${version} git://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon ${pkgname}-${version}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon/update b/srcpkgs/cinnamon/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c90e52ff72e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/cinnamon/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://api.github.com/repos/linuxmint/Cinnamon/tags"
+pattern='"name":\s*"\K[^\d]*([\d\.]+)(?=")'