diff --git a/srcpkgs/dash/template b/srcpkgs/dash/template
index 9c2993f40ee..5c44fd9189a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dash/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dash/template
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ register_shell="/bin/sh"
 short_desc="POSIX-compliant Unix shell, much smaller than GNU bash"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/"
-update_ignore="*md5sum*"
 license="BSD"
 distfiles="http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/files/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=c6db3a237747b02d20382a761397563d813b306c020ae28ce25a1c3915fac60f
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dash/update b/srcpkgs/dash/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28b3125b934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dash/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*md5sum*"