diff --git a/srcpkgs/exiv2/template b/srcpkgs/exiv2/template
index 61d7daddf9..a4a67969c6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/exiv2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/exiv2/template
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ short_desc="Image metadata manipulation"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.exiv2.org"
-update_site="http://www.exiv2.org/download.html"
 distfiles="${homepage}/exiv2-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=f4a443e6c7fb9d9f5e787732f76969a64c72c4c04af69b10ed57f949c2dfef8e
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/exiv2/update b/srcpkgs/exiv2/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..294a81a384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/exiv2/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="http://www.exiv2.org/download.html"