diff --git a/srcpkgs/unbound/template b/srcpkgs/unbound/template
index e0aa0ff46b..77a47c518f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/unbound/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/unbound/template
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="http://unbound.net/"
 distfiles="http://unbound.net/downloads/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-update_ignore="*rc*"
 checksum=0ff82709fb2bd7ecbde8dbdcf60fa417d2b43379570a3d460193a76a169900ec
 
 post_install() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/unbound/update b/srcpkgs/unbound/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e299d00ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/unbound/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*rc*"