diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnuplot/template b/srcpkgs/gnuplot/template
index cecdf269e9..55daf75342 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnuplot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnuplot/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ replaces="gnuplot<4.6.6_1"
 short_desc="Command-line driven graphing utility"
 maintainer="Eivind Uggedal <eivind@uggedal.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnuplot.info/"
-update_ignore="*rc*"
 license="gnuplot"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/gnuplot/gnuplot/${version}/gnuplot-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=417d4bc5bc914a60409bb75cf18dd14f48b07f53c6ad3c4a4d3cd9a8d7370faf
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnuplot/update b/srcpkgs/gnuplot/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e299d00ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnuplot/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*rc*"