diff --git a/srcpkgs/xscreensaver/template b/srcpkgs/xscreensaver/template
index 27ef41dfb9f..fd5d6c76114 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xscreensaver/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xscreensaver/template
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ hostmakedepends="bc perl pkg-config intltool"
 makedepends="pam-devel gdk-pixbuf-devel gtk+-devel libXt-devel libXpm-devel
  libxml2-devel libglade-devel glu-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libXmu-devel"
 homepage="http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/"
-update_site="${homepage}download.html"
 distfiles="http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=4252a6079d2d2f5b342e8bdd172cbad5f0af73daf4e412b61a68344d91ca93bd
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xscreensaver/update b/srcpkgs/xscreensaver/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7102ec7a335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xscreensaver/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="${homepage}download.html"