diff --git a/srcpkgs/gprolog/template b/srcpkgs/gprolog/template
index 31e62daad11..7c56341d712 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gprolog/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gprolog/template
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ short_desc="GNU Prolog"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2,LGPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gprolog.org/"
-update_ignore="*.pkg"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=18c0e9644b33afd4dd3cdf29f94c099ad820d65e0c99da5495b1ae43b4f2b18e
 disable_parallel_build=yes
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gprolog/update b/srcpkgs/gprolog/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82081e7699a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gprolog/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*.pkg"