diff --git a/srcpkgs/polarssl/template b/srcpkgs/polarssl/template
index 9a5465dd4bc..d2231b5de10 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/polarssl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/polarssl/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ short_desc="Portable cryptographic and SSL/TLS library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.polarssl.org"
-update_pattern=$pkgname'-\K[\d.]+'
 distfiles="http://www.polarssl.org/code/releases/polarssl-${version}-gpl.tgz"
 checksum=d3605afc28ed4b7d1d9e3142d72e42855e4a23c07c951bbb0299556b02d36755
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/polarssl/update b/srcpkgs/polarssl/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e6a071f4b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/polarssl/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern=$pkgname'-\K[\d.]+'