diff --git a/srcpkgs/cppcheck/template b/srcpkgs/cppcheck/template
index 37ba0a4416..085115ff4b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cppcheck/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cppcheck/template
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ short_desc="Static analysis of C/C++ code"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net"
-update_site="https://api.github.com/repos/danmar/cppcheck/tags"
-update_pattern='"name":\s*"\K[^\d]*([\d\.]+)(?=")'
 
 do_fetch() {
 	git clone -b ${version} git://github.com/danmar/cppcheck ${pkgname}-${version}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cppcheck/update b/srcpkgs/cppcheck/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c46458e13a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/cppcheck/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://api.github.com/repos/danmar/cppcheck/tags"
+pattern='"name":\s*"\K[^\d]*([\d\.]+)(?=")'