diff --git a/srcpkgs/kpartx/template b/srcpkgs/kpartx/template
index 2b6a57edd1..f67bc134f2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kpartx/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kpartx/template
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ short_desc="Create device maps from partition tables"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/"
-update_pattern='multipath-tools-\K[\d.]+\d+'
 distfiles="http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=f13cf1eb84e94e83b2019e68f7965526903c13e94246db43965d181668a0a6f9
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kpartx/update b/srcpkgs/kpartx/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49c3c0d45e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kpartx/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='multipath-tools-\K[\d.]+\d+'