diff --git a/srcpkgs/sysstat/template b/srcpkgs/sysstat/template
index a31f9b9e381..eec7a4ba68b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sysstat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sysstat/template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ short_desc="A collection of performance monitoring tools"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/"
-update_site="http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/download.html"
 distfiles="http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=00c6e91a7a2796a46cde095a9ac943bd35d7247fab23105b73a8a3f4f39fa937
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sysstat/update b/srcpkgs/sysstat/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c1fb37efbce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sysstat/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/download.html"