diff --git a/srcpkgs/nano/template b/srcpkgs/nano/template
index 085633ba20c..fdbb04a4a56 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nano/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nano/template
@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.nano-editor.org/"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.3/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-update_ignore="*pre*"
 checksum=a74bf3f18b12c1c777ae737c0e463152439e381aba8720b4bc67449f36a09534
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nano/update b/srcpkgs/nano/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8758aff9cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nano/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*pre*"