diff --git a/srcpkgs/mupen64plus/template b/srcpkgs/mupen64plus/template
index 3b08e448cb..2b16ea3d76 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mupen64plus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mupen64plus/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ short_desc="A Nintendo64 Emulator"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://code.google.com/p/mupen64plus/"
-update_pattern=$pkgname'-bundle-src-\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)'
 distfiles="http://mupen64plus.googlecode.com/files/mupen64plus-bundle-src-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=2a269ca77797d7eb3759cbbfecbdc1d985e773e5be155d469c13f034e37e7e4d
 only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mupen64plus/update b/srcpkgs/mupen64plus/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48386d6700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mupen64plus/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern=$pkgname'-bundle-src-\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)'