diff --git a/srcpkgs/aspell-en/template b/srcpkgs/aspell-en/template
index ee6090c23d..b08b866404 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aspell-en/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/aspell-en/template
@@ -11,6 +11,5 @@ short_desc="English dictionary for aspell"
 homepage="http://aspell.net/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-update_pattern="aspell6-en-\K[\d.-]+"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/aspell/dict/en/aspell6-en-${version}-0.tar.bz2"
 checksum=ff9df3c2e8c5bb19c6a66078b36a0ef4c4dfb0fcb969e29f7b5345e26d748d0a
diff --git a/srcpkgs/aspell-en/update b/srcpkgs/aspell-en/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10ff48bbf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/aspell-en/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern="aspell6-en-\K[\d.-]+"