diff --git a/srcpkgs/f2fs-tools/template b/srcpkgs/f2fs-tools/template
index 1b767683c04..2554d9aab9b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/f2fs-tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/f2fs-tools/template
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ short_desc="Tools for the Linux Flash-Friendly File System (F2FS)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs-tools.git"
-update_site="http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs-tools.git/plain/VERSION"
-update_pattern='\d+\.[\d.]+'
 
 do_fetch() {
 	git clone -b v${version} git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs-tools.git ${pkgname}-${version}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/f2fs-tools/update b/srcpkgs/f2fs-tools/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c90eb02bc46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/f2fs-tools/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs-tools.git/plain/VERSION"
+pattern='\d+\.[\d.]+'