diff --git a/srcpkgs/task/template b/srcpkgs/task/template
index 1963551eee..3f83ece91a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/task/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/task/template
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ build_style="cmake"
 maintainer="Philipp Hirsch <itself@hanspolo.net>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://taskwarrior.org/projects/taskwarrior"
-update_ignore="*beta*"
 distfiles="http://www.taskwarrior.org/download/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=6fa595f5b0fdf6ee8031da39e8d009771bda135f265d5f7b59df8046ffd9119e
 short_desc="a command-line todo list manager"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/task/update b/srcpkgs/task/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..125db71da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/task/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*beta*"