diff --git a/srcpkgs/puzzles/template b/srcpkgs/puzzles/template
index 76df9250482..8fc07ff223c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/puzzles/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/puzzles/template
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ short_desc="Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/"
-update_site="http://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/puzzles/"
-update_pattern='Revision\s\K\d+(?=.*of)'
 distfiles="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/puzzles-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=4c9a160807f72ed3e19eb4ff03055eeab40c250fa674f78c1c7c98f306c509c3
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/puzzles/update b/srcpkgs/puzzles/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe49dcaad52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/puzzles/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="http://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/puzzles/"
+pattern='Revision\s\K\d+(?=.*of)'