diff --git a/srcpkgs/gstreamer/template b/srcpkgs/gstreamer/template
index 8f660552dc3..180f7bb216d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gstreamer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gstreamer/template
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ makedepends="libxml2-devel libglib-devel"
 short_desc="Core GStreamer libraries and elements"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/"
-update_ignore="1.*"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=9151aa108c177054387885763fa0e433e76780f7c5655c70a5390f2a6c6871da
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gstreamer/update b/srcpkgs/gstreamer/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..923fcac1f4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gstreamer/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="1.*"