diff --git a/srcpkgs/fvwm/template b/srcpkgs/fvwm/template
index d61b55372e..70e0edeb76 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fvwm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fvwm/template
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ short_desc="An extremely powerful ICCCM-compliant window manager"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2,custom"
 homepage="http://fvwm.org/"
-update_ignore="2.7.0"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.fvwm.org/pub/fvwm/version-${version%%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=21549995c53906be5533746a1cf61b1ecf8dd8ef6816a0b20615d45ff78b48cf
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fvwm/update b/srcpkgs/fvwm/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb19f60cdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/fvwm/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="2.7.0"