diff --git a/srcpkgs/abook/template b/srcpkgs/abook/template
index c7646310cb8..a7487a5969d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/abook/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/abook/template
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ makedepends="ncurses-devel readline-devel>=6.3"
 maintainer="Philipp Hirsch <itself@hanspolo.net>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://abook.sourceforge.net/"
-update_ignore="*pre* *rc*"
 short_desc="text-based addressbook designed to use with mutt mail client"
 distfiles="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/abook/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=0646f6311a94ad3341812a4de12a5a940a7a44d5cb6e9da5b0930aae9f44756e
diff --git a/srcpkgs/abook/update b/srcpkgs/abook/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f98277babc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/abook/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*pre* *rc*"