diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-scipy/template b/srcpkgs/python-scipy/template
index 090fb2fcd60..7a248412a69 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-scipy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-scipy/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python-scipy'
 pkgname=python-scipy
-version=0.17.1
+version=0.18.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="scipy-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.scipy.org/"
 license="3-clause-BSD"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/s/scipy/scipy-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=9c4cd2f8013cc4084230a0e858d7642963dbadfd76494d2fad3b0b29bebb38ac
+checksum=f01784fb1c2bc246d4211f2482ecf4369db5abaecb9d5afb9d94f6c59663286a
 
-export ATLAS=None
 export FFLAGS="-fPIC"
 LDFLAGS="-shared"
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-scipy/update b/srcpkgs/python-scipy/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25ef51d109a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-scipy/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*a* *b* *rc*"