diff --git a/srcpkgs/polkit-qt5/template b/srcpkgs/polkit-qt5/template
index c020eaa9320..8a9f81b7cf9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/polkit-qt5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/polkit-qt5/template
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ hostmakedepends="pkg-config cmake automoc4 git"
 makedepends="polkit-devel qt5-devel"
 short_desc="Qt-style PolicyKit API (Qt5)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-update_site="http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=polkit-qt-1.git"
-update_pattern=';t=v\K[\d.]+(?=")'
 homepage="https://projects.kde.org/projects/kdesupport/polkit-qt-1"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/polkit-qt5/update b/srcpkgs/polkit-qt5/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..513ce957fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/polkit-qt5/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=polkit-qt-1.git"
+pattern=';t=v\K[\d.]+(?=")'