diff --git a/srcpkgs/libestr/template b/srcpkgs/libestr/template
index 6257a6c059..ced801f470 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libestr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libestr/template
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ short_desc="C library for string processing"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://libestr.adiscon.com"
-update_site="${homepage}/download"
 distfiles="$homepage/files/download/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=bd655e126e750edd18544b88eb1568d200a424a0c23f665eb14bbece07ac703c
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libestr/update b/srcpkgs/libestr/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66a3005800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libestr/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="${homepage}/download"