diff --git a/srcpkgs/mutter/template b/srcpkgs/mutter/template
index 6d32fac94a8..77ee121d77c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mutter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mutter/template
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/${version%.*}/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=0b23a2d31980d9de8e92ef940e6f63e3ac0f6446e2afc69ecbc80163f6af3a23
-update_site="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/cache.json"
-update_ignore="3.*[13579].*"
 
 mutter-devel_package() {
 	depends="gsettings-desktop-schemas>=3.14 gtk+3-devel>=3.14
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mutter/update b/srcpkgs/mutter/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a84fbbad8b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mutter/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/cache.json"
+ignore="3.*[13579].*"