diff --git a/srcpkgs/vicious/template b/srcpkgs/vicious/template
index bb62faf4ed..57bbd84ed5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vicious/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vicious/template
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ maintainer="Steven R <dev@styez.com>"
 short_desc="Modular widget library for window managers"
 homepage="http://git.sysphere.org/vicious/about/"
 license="GPL-2"
-update_site="http://git.sysphere.org/vicious/"
 distfiles="http://git.sysphere.org/vicious/snapshot/vicious-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum="97ffb824af89f2d205b0f0909601a32d761c0c02353b59b4314fd2cc47b2a387"
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vicious/update b/srcpkgs/vicious/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32227d1ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/vicious/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="http://git.sysphere.org/vicious/"