diff --git a/srcpkgs/go/template b/srcpkgs/go/template
index fe21ae978da..6964fb83685 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/go/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/go/template
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ hostmakedepends="git ca-certificates"
 short_desc="The Go Programming Language"
 maintainer="Dominik Honnef <dominik@honnef.co>"
 homepage="http://golang.org/"
-update_ignore="*beta* *rc*"
 license="BSD"
 distfiles="http://golang.org/dl/go${version}.src.tar.gz"
 checksum=3ae9f67e45a5ca7004b28808da8b1367d328a371d641ddbe636c0fb0ae0ffdae
diff --git a/srcpkgs/go/update b/srcpkgs/go/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e4fc10d207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/go/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*beta* *rc*"