diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/Makefile b/target/linux/mvebu/Makefile
index 0245c78797db75c927a4eb5701574edb8884a234..6b65eb76e0d83a60462e88740025b74f39be530c 100644
--- a/target/linux/mvebu/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/mvebu/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ BOARD:=mvebu
 BOARDNAME:=Marvell Armada XP/370
 FEATURES:=targz usb pci pcie gpio
 CFLAGS:=-Os -pipe -march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -mfloat-abi=softfp
-MAINTAINER:=Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
 
 LINUX_VERSION:=3.8.13