diff --git a/srcpkgs/evolution-data-server/template b/srcpkgs/evolution-data-server/template
index 5b3200984c9..0cc796f7fb8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/evolution-data-server/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/evolution-data-server/template
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/${version%.*}/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=52466d16487474787f879b57f0b2de2aad0554e5c5161b366a597fc522ce673d
-update_site="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/cache.json"
-update_ignore="3.*[13579].*"
 
 post_install() {
 	# Fix broken pkg-config
diff --git a/srcpkgs/evolution-data-server/update b/srcpkgs/evolution-data-server/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a84fbbad8b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/evolution-data-server/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/cache.json"
+ignore="3.*[13579].*"