diff --git a/srcpkgs/vte3/template b/srcpkgs/vte3/template
index 311cd0c038..18b8686820 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vte3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vte3/template
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ short_desc="Terminal widget with improved accessibility and I18N support"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
-update_pkgname=vte
-update_site="https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vte/${version%.*}/vte-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=3f3ae063207ceea9ca2abd1cf9c9f8bd2b66ca82156609f31f3554288c0c2bf4
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vte3/update b/srcpkgs/vte3/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f56e49958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/vte3/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pkgname=vte
+site="https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/"