diff --git a/srcpkgs/par/template b/srcpkgs/par/template
index d57662cd11..497cb11a73 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/par/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/par/template
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ short_desc="Paragraph reformatter"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="custom"
 homepage="http://www.nicemice.net/par/"
-update_pattern='<title>Par\s\K[\d.]+\d+'
 distfiles="http://www.nicemice.net/par/Par152-autoconf.tar.gz
  http://www.nicemice.net/par/Par152.tar.gz"
 checksum="034fb943236523629eefee0a33fc6afb5b881648a2fc5c6bef7fd1b89ce44d34
diff --git a/srcpkgs/par/update b/srcpkgs/par/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7752633e88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/par/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='<title>Par\s\K[\d.]+\d+'