diff --git a/srcpkgs/unixodbc/template b/srcpkgs/unixodbc/template
index e6fa294f33..aa1363a909 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/unixodbc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/unixodbc/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ short_desc="Basic ODBC tools"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://www.unixodbc.org"
-update_site="http://www.unixodbc.org/download.html"
 distfiles="http://www.unixodbc.org/unixODBC-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=9c3459742f25df5aa3c10a61429bde51a6d4f11552c03095f1d33d7eb02b5c9a
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/unixodbc/update b/srcpkgs/unixodbc/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a424f5b506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/unixodbc/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="http://www.unixodbc.org/download.html"