diff --git a/net/cifs-utils/Makefile b/net/cifs-utils/Makefile
index bb9b42cfa..0c3d84c30 100644
--- a/net/cifs-utils/Makefile
+++ b/net/cifs-utils/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://download.samba.org/pub/linux-cifs/cifs-utils/
 PKG_HASH:=18d8f1bf92c13c4d611502dbd6759e3a766ddc8467ec8a2eda3f589e40b9ac9c
 
-PKG_MAINTAINER:=Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:debian:cifs-utils
diff --git a/net/iptraf-ng/Makefile b/net/iptraf-ng/Makefile
index 90738b5da..a0ab97284 100644
--- a/net/iptraf-ng/Makefile
+++ b/net/iptraf-ng/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ PKG_HASH:=79140cf07c0cceb1b5723242847a73aa86f5e4f9dccfe8970fda6801d347eb09
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
 
-PKG_MAINTAINER:=Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=
 
 PKG_CHECK_FORMAT_SECURITY:=0
 
diff --git a/utils/bonnie++/Makefile b/utils/bonnie++/Makefile
index ab01ea371..e89e0728c 100644
--- a/utils/bonnie++/Makefile
+++ b/utils/bonnie++/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tgz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/
 PKG_HASH:=6e0bcbc08b78856fd998dd7bcb352d4615a99c26c2dc83d5b8345b102bad0b04
 
-PKG_MAINTAINER:=Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=copyright.txt
 
diff --git a/utils/hfsprogs/Makefile b/utils/hfsprogs/Makefile
index 1c7cd97d4..4c5b59f94 100644
--- a/utils/hfsprogs/Makefile
+++ b/utils/hfsprogs/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PKG_RELEASE:=3
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0-or-later
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 
-PKG_MAINTAINER:=Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)_$(PKG_VERSION).orig.tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/h/$(PKG_NAME)
diff --git a/utils/open-plc-utils/Makefile b/utils/open-plc-utils/Makefile
index 1c721a1dc..6b9a176ba 100644
--- a/utils/open-plc-utils/Makefile
+++ b/utils/open-plc-utils/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/qca/open-plc-utils.git
 PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=32408520fcebe785983a68e39ec83830a3005779
 PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=b5ae48fd300f75b948a2b2a5f6cd4465b7a336495685f73100ad33a5d43a4c05
 
-PKG_MAINTAINER:=Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=ISC
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
diff --git a/utils/stoken/Makefile b/utils/stoken/Makefile
index d385363e7..82fc5762f 100644
--- a/utils/stoken/Makefile
+++ b/utils/stoken/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/stoken
 PKG_HASH:=aa2b481b058e4caf068f7e747a2dcf5772bcbf278a4f89bc9efcbf82bcc9ef5a
 
-PKG_MAINTAINER:=Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1
 PKG_INSTALL:=1