diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvpx/template b/srcpkgs/libvpx/template
index 1054328937..7d1cc16ec0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvpx/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvpx/template
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ short_desc="The VP8 Codec"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.webmproject.org"
 license="BSD"
-update_site="http://code.google.com/p/webm/downloads"
 distfiles="http://webm.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-v${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=d3dcc8d84af51c6c382b214397c62402e37a799e8ebcda6f4217aef0010451a9
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvpx/update b/srcpkgs/libvpx/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9fe00787b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvpx/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="http://code.google.com/p/webm/downloads"