diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-session/template b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-session/template
index 6c907958b9f..7e54e7b6693 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-session/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-session/template
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ depends="cinnamon-desktop desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/"
-update_site="https://api.github.com/repos/linuxmint/$pkgname/tags"
-update_pattern='"name":\s*"\K[^\d]*([\d\.]+)(?=")'
 
 build_options="systemd"
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-session/update b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-session/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97b9b492e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-session/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://api.github.com/repos/linuxmint/$pkgname/tags"
+pattern='"name":\s*"\K[^\d]*([\d\.]+)(?=")'