diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 3dec592..8909990 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
     "author_name": "Sam Clements",
     "author_email": "sam@borntyping.co.uk",
 
-    "maintainer_name": null,
-    "maintainer_email": null,
-
     "package_name": "cookiecutter-pypackage-minimal",
     "package_version": "0.1.0",
     "package_description": "An opinionated, minimal cookiecutter template for Python packages",
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/README.rst b/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/README.rst
index 186a1fc..a766fe1 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/README.rst
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/README.rst
@@ -34,6 +34,3 @@ Authors
 -------
 
 `{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}` was written by `{{ cookiecutter.author_name }} <{{ cookiecutter.author_email }}>`_.
-{% if cookiecutter.maintainer_name -%}
-`{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}` was written by `{{ cookiecutter.maintainer_name }} <{{ cookiecutter.maintainer_email }}>`_.
-{%- endif %}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/setup.py b/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/setup.py
index 7a7b8b8..ef5508e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/setup.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/setup.py
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ setuptools.setup(
     author="{{ cookiecutter.author_name }}",
     author_email="{{ cookiecutter.author_email }}",
 
-    {%- if cookiecutter.maintainer_name -%}
-    maintainer="{{ cookiecutter.maintainer_name }}",
-    maintainer_email="{{ cookiecutter.maintainer_email }}",
-    {%- endif %}
-
     description="{{ cookiecutter.package_description }}",
     long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/__init__.py b/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/__init__.py
index f8d0074..b92af9e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/__init__.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,4 @@
 
 __version__ = '{{ cookiecutter.package_version }}'
 __author__ = '{{ cookiecutter.author_name }} <{{ cookiecutter.author_email }}>'
-{%- if cookiecutter.maintainer_name %}
-__maintainer__ = '{{ cookiecutter.maintainer_name }} <{{ cookiecutter.maintainer_email }}>'
-{%- endif %}
 __all__ = []