diff --git a/contrib/source-control-tools/automated-commits.sh b/contrib/source-control-tools/automated-commits.sh
--- a/contrib/source-control-tools/automated-commits.sh
+++ b/contrib/source-control-tools/automated-commits.sh
@@ -107,38 +107,6 @@
     git commit -m "${BOT_PREFIX} Archive release notes for version ${RELEASE_NOTES_VERSION}"
     ;;
 
-  update-timings)
-    "${DEVTOOLS_DIR}"/build_cmake.sh
-    pushd "${BUILD_DIR}"
-    ninja check-functional-extended
-    TIMING_SRC_FILE="${TOPLEVEL}"/test/functional/timing.json
-    mv timing.json "${TIMING_SRC_FILE}"
-    popd
-
-    # Check that all tests are included in timing.json
-    pushd "${TOPLEVEL}"/test/functional
-    NON_TESTS=$(python3 -c 'from test_runner import NON_SCRIPTS; print(" ".join(NON_SCRIPTS))')
-    export NON_TESTS
-    check_missing() {
-      # Exclude non-tests from the check
-      if [[ "${NON_TESTS}" =~ $1 ]]; then
-        exit 0
-      fi
-
-      if ! grep -q $1 timing.json ; then
-        echo "Error: Test file '$1' is missing from timing.json"
-        exit 1
-      fi
-    }
-    export -f check_missing
-    find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.py' | cut -c 3- | xargs -I'{}' -n1 bash -c 'check_missing {}'
-    popd
-
-    git add "${TIMING_SRC_FILE}"
-
-    git commit -m "${BOT_PREFIX} Update timing.json"
-    ;;
-
   *)
     if [ -z "${SCRIPT}" ]; then
       echo "Error: Invalid commit name '${COMMIT_TYPE}'"
diff --git a/contrib/source-control-tools/patch-recipes/update-timings.sh b/contrib/source-control-tools/patch-recipes/update-timings.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/source-control-tools/patch-recipes/update-timings.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+TOPLEVEL=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+"${TOPLEVEL}"/contrib/devtools/build_cmake.sh
+pushd "${BUILD_DIR}"
+ninja check-functional-extended
+TIMING_SRC_FILE="${TOPLEVEL}"/test/functional/timing.json
+mv timing.json "${TIMING_SRC_FILE}"
+popd
+
+# Check that all tests are included in timing.json
+pushd "${TOPLEVEL}"/test/functional
+NON_TESTS=$(python3 -c 'from test_runner import NON_SCRIPTS; print(" ".join(NON_SCRIPTS))')
+export NON_TESTS
+check_missing() {
+  # Exclude non-tests from the check
+  if [[ "${NON_TESTS}" =~ $1 ]]; then
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  if ! grep -q $1 timing.json ; then
+    echo "Error: Test file '$1' is missing from timing.json"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+export -f check_missing
+find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.py' | cut -c 3- | xargs -I'{}' -n1 bash -c 'check_missing {}'
+popd
+
+git add "${TIMING_SRC_FILE}"
+
+git commit -m "[Automated] Update timing.json"