diff --git a/srcpkgs/vim/template b/srcpkgs/vim/template
index 4ba66108eb..b35972ce8a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vim/template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ depends="vim-common>=$version"
 short_desc="Vim editor (vi clone)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.vim.org"
-update_pattern='^[\d.]+'
 license="GPL-2"
 
 subpackages="vim-common vim-x11 gvim"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vim/update b/srcpkgs/vim/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92bdaac413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/vim/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='^[\d.]+'