diff --git a/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/template b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/template
index b6b77ccb08..b009409d5d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/template
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ short_desc="General-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://virtualbox.org"
 license="GPL-2, MPL-1.1, CDDL"
-update_pkgname=VirtualBox
-update_site="${homepage}/wiki/Downloads"
 distfiles="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/$version/VirtualBox-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=1484f8e9993ec4fe3892c5165db84d238713d2506e147ed8236541ece642e965
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/update b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55c020823e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pkgname=VirtualBox
+site="${homepage}/wiki/Downloads"