diff --git a/srcpkgs/mariadb/template b/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
index 774f57a46e3..931950aa759 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ homepage="http://mariadb.org/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://downloads.$pkgname.org/f/$pkgname-$version/source/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=9154cb68504d469b1bac636b85e30b2b2da2586092476d6ad2f9d6bc462909d8
-update_site="https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/"
-update_pattern="/mariadb/\K[\d.]+(?=/)"
 
 pre_configure() {
 	# We need some host binaries before starting cross compilation.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mariadb/update b/srcpkgs/mariadb/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..579eb27c5e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mariadb/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/"
+pattern="/mariadb/\K[\d.]+(?=/)"