diff --git a/srcpkgs/xaos/template b/srcpkgs/xaos/template
index 38bcb46565f..7514d7e4900 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xaos/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xaos/template
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ short_desc="Fast interactive real-time fractal zoomer/morpher"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://matek.hu/xaos/"
-update_ignore="*b *s"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=989f3e38f7793810cbb1496d5291d44836a7d7c058422b9ee1cffb163a0b8d95
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xaos/update b/srcpkgs/xaos/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f14e3aadcb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xaos/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*b *s"