diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/Makefile b/games/fortune/datfiles/Makefile
index 15d7a0ce5866..6833e085bcec 100644
--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/Makefile
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/Makefile
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ FILES=	fortunes freebsd-tips murphy startrek zippy
 BLDS=	fortunes.dat murphy.dat startrek.dat zippy.dat \
 	fortunes-o fortunes-o.dat freebsd-tips.dat
 
-# Pass all new entries by ${MAINTAINER} to preserve some semblance of
-# humor in the fortune files.  What's funny to you on 6 beers may not
-# be funny to anyone else.
-MAINTAINER=	jkh
-
 # TO AVOID INSTALLING THE POTENTIALLY OFFENSIVE FORTUNES, COMMENT OUT THE
 # THREE LINES AND UNCOMMENT THE FOURTH LINE.