diff --git a/srcpkgs/libesmtp/template b/srcpkgs/libesmtp/template
index baf2ae4503e..932103c5cd7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libesmtp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libesmtp/template
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ short_desc="Manage submission of emails using SMTP protocol"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://stafford.uklinux.net/libesmtp/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
-update_site="${homepage}/download.html"
-update_ignore="*rc*"
 distfiles="http://stafford.uklinux.net/libesmtp/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=d0a61a5c52d99fa7ce7d00ed0a07e341dbda67101dbed1ab0cdae3f37db4eb0b
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libesmtp/update b/srcpkgs/libesmtp/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a7d305b8a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libesmtp/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="${homepage}/download.html"
+ignore="*rc*"