diff --git a/utils/yq/Makefile b/utils/yq/Makefile
index fbe203aebd..e9c2c62757 100644
--- a/utils/yq/Makefile
+++ b/utils/yq/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/mikefarah/yq/tar.gz/v$(PKG_VERSION)?
 PKG_HASH:=6fef6989069d241dead6203e5cd3e647511b5a9fb73c1c0bddb03a17e36c4037
 
-PKG_MAINTAINER:=Tianling Shen <cnsztl@project-openwrt.eu.org>
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE