diff --git a/srcpkgs/astyle/template b/srcpkgs/astyle/template
index 4efa810b50..80514e5fa6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/astyle/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/astyle/template
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ short_desc="A free, fast and small automatic formatter for C, C++, C#, and Java
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-3"
 homepage="http://astyle.sourceforge.net"
-update_pattern='astyle_\K[\d.]+(?=_linux)'
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/${pkgname}_${version}_linux.tar.gz"
 checksum=fbdfc6f1966a972d19a215927266c76d4183eee235ed1e2bd7ec551c2a270eac
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/astyle/update b/srcpkgs/astyle/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c579fc9ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/astyle/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='astyle_\K[\d.]+(?=_linux)'