diff --git a/srcpkgs/inkscape/template b/srcpkgs/inkscape/template
index c2174ef85d..8fa7eaa68a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/inkscape/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/inkscape/template
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
 short_desc="Vector-based drawing program"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://inkscape.org/"
-update_ignore="*pre*"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="$SOURCEFORGE_SITE/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=2b6ce684f9f2a0691ab454656424555cbda131db78e13973360684bc833ad969
diff --git a/srcpkgs/inkscape/update b/srcpkgs/inkscape/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8758aff9cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/inkscape/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*pre*"