diff --git a/srcpkgs/erlang/template b/srcpkgs/erlang/template
index 0ee96edc382..89369b443e1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/erlang/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/erlang/template
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ short_desc="Concurrent functional programming language developed by Ericsson"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="custom"
 homepage="http://www.erlang.org/"
-update_site="http://www.erlang.org/download.html"
-update_pattern='otp_src_\K[\d.]+\d+'
 distfiles="http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_${version}.tar.gz
  http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_doc_man_${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum="0d82eda6ae7ac6f0f860093324e540fa514497068ec3b4177800284e8c761f56
diff --git a/srcpkgs/erlang/update b/srcpkgs/erlang/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2254921c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/erlang/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="http://www.erlang.org/download.html"
+pattern='otp_src_\K[\d.]+\d+'