diff --git a/srcpkgs/bash-completion/template b/srcpkgs/bash-completion/template
index 313c5916455..8445ac806c2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bash-completion/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bash-completion/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ short_desc="Programmable completion for the GNU Bash shell"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://bash-completion.alioth.debian.org/"
-update_ignore="2008*"
 distfiles="http://${pkgname}.alioth.debian.org/files/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=2b606804a7d5f823380a882e0f7b6c8a37b0e768e72c3d4107c51fbe8a46ae4f
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bash-completion/update b/srcpkgs/bash-completion/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a772520058c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/bash-completion/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="2008*"