diff --git a/srcpkgs/ilmbase/template b/srcpkgs/ilmbase/template
index dc212a77f5f..b3d7bf0f6ab 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ilmbase/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ilmbase/template
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ short_desc="Base libraries from ILM for OpenEXR"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="http://www.openexr.com"
-update_ignore="*.TEST"
 distfiles="http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/openexr/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=ecf815b60695555c1fbc73679e84c7c9902f4e8faa6e8000d2f905b8b86cedc7
 nocross=yes
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ilmbase/update b/srcpkgs/ilmbase/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a2be6dc4c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ilmbase/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*.TEST"