diff --git a/srcpkgs/pax/template b/srcpkgs/pax/template
index 95054616c7..609140aeca 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pax/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pax/template
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ short_desc="pax archiver from MirOS (plus tar and cpio)"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="https://www.mirbsd.org/MirOS/dist/mir/cpio/"
-update_pattern='paxmirabilis-\K[\d.]+\d+'
 distfiles="https://www.mirbsd.org/MirOS/dist/mir/cpio/paxmirabilis-${version}.cpio.gz"
 checksum=f464f143f81ff95097eb76e8e7bd9007a3101cbe481a89b09e69bf00e7c95fed
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pax/update b/srcpkgs/pax/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00eb48698e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pax/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='paxmirabilis-\K[\d.]+\d+'