diff --git a/srcpkgs/pass/template b/srcpkgs/pass/template
index 4b3eb84ee2..c9e8db09ec 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pass/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pass/template
@@ -11,7 +11,5 @@ short_desc="Stores, retrieves, generates, and synchronizes passwords securely"
 maintainer="Eivind Uggedal <eivind@uggedal.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.passwordstore.org/"
-update_site="http://git.zx2c4.com/password-store"
-update_pkgname=password-store
 distfiles="http://git.zx2c4.com/password-store/snapshot/password-store-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=d419d40aa165c1f893e994dd706733374a9db8cf5314124702a061e70e0340f7
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pass/update b/srcpkgs/pass/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca9195e669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pass/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="http://git.zx2c4.com/password-store"
+pkgname=password-store