diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpng/template b/srcpkgs/libpng/template
index 177d4b38523..1adf3800e99 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libpng/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpng/template
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ short_desc="Library for manipulating PNG images"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html"
 license="zlib"
-update_ignore="*beta*"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=42f754df633e4e700544e5913cbe2fd4928bbfccdc07708a5cf84e59827fbe60
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpng/update b/srcpkgs/libpng/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..125db71da82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpng/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*beta*"