diff --git a/spack_repo/packages/gettext/package.py b/spack_repo/packages/gettext/package.py
index bafeb6e6d5c0f35b8983db76282529b57afb21f1..85e2300e6eafa78242c4e29447200d960e5f5d54 100644
--- a/spack_repo/packages/gettext/package.py
+++ b/spack_repo/packages/gettext/package.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Gettext(AutotoolsPackage, GNUMirrorPackage):
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/"
     gnu_mirror_path = "gettext/gettext-0.20.1.tar.xz"
 
-    maintainers("michaelkuhn")
+    # maintainers("michaelkuhn")
 
     executables = [r"^gettext$"]