diff --git a/srcpkgs/runit/template b/srcpkgs/runit/template
index 14b4ced502..6c0fa4ee29 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/runit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/runit/template
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ short_desc="A UNIX init scheme with service supervision"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="http://smarden.org/runit/"
-update_site="${homepage}install.html"
 distfiles="http://smarden.org/runit/runit-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=6fd0160cb0cf1207de4e66754b6d39750cff14bb0aa66ab49490992c0c47ba18
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/runit/update b/srcpkgs/runit/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20136ade0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/runit/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="${homepage}install.html"