diff --git a/srcpkgs/aspell-de/template b/srcpkgs/aspell-de/template
index 6c5f9706ebf..82e4768add2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aspell-de/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/aspell-de/template
@@ -11,6 +11,5 @@ short_desc="German dictionary for aspell"
 homepage="http://aspell.net/"
 license="GPL-2"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
-update_pattern='aspell6-de-\K[\d.]+\d+'
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/aspell/dict/de/aspell6-de-${version}-1.tar.bz2"
 checksum=ba6c94e11bc2e0e6e43ce0f7822c5bba5ca5ac77129ef90c190b33632416e906
diff --git a/srcpkgs/aspell-de/update b/srcpkgs/aspell-de/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b097033fc4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/aspell-de/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='aspell6-de-\K[\d.]+\d+'