diff --git a/srcpkgs/luasocket/template b/srcpkgs/luasocket/template
index 21332e12ee2..070273ab865 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/luasocket/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/luasocket/template
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ short_desc="Network support for the Lua language "
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://w3.impa.br/~diego/software/luasocket/"
-update_site="https://github.com/diegonehab/luasocket/tags"
-update_pattern='archive/v\K[\d\w-.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)'
-update_ignore="*rc*"
 distfiles="http://luaforge.net/frs/download.php/2664/luasocket-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=4fd9c775cfd98841299851e29b30176caf289370fea1ff1e00bb67c2d6842ca6
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/luasocket/update b/srcpkgs/luasocket/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51dbff23e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/luasocket/update
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+site="https://github.com/diegonehab/luasocket/tags"
+pattern='archive/v\K[\d\w-.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)'
+ignore="*rc*"