diff --git a/srcpkgs/makeself/template b/srcpkgs/makeself/template
index 92bcb2932f8..d5dd04aea30 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/makeself/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/makeself/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ short_desc="Make self-extractable archives on Unix"
 homepage="http://www.megastep.org/makeself/"
 license="GPL-2+"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-update_pattern=$pkgname'-\K[\d.]+(?=\.run)'
 distfiles="http://megastep.org/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.run"
 checksum=8227668bb35c34d86e6f0fe69c7bf4bd2813f51edfcbfc227896b4787b0a1a4e
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/makeself/update b/srcpkgs/makeself/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5a6d8a903e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/makeself/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern=$pkgname'-\K[\d.]+(?=\.run)'