diff --git a/srcpkgs/dbus/template b/srcpkgs/dbus/template
index 3ba7e9b0f4a..d756ad2191d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dbus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dbus/template
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://dbus.freedesktop.org/"
 distfiles="${homepage}/releases/dbus/dbus-${version}.tar.gz"
-update_ignore="*.[13579].*"
 checksum=83425250a6a4c93b9ab4a349771a7700e8ddff2d73a5a088222ca47ae9ce1f1a
 
 create_wrksrc=yes
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dbus/update b/srcpkgs/dbus/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2f6f0fbddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dbus/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*.[13579].*"