diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 813c267fe6659..4a359a7207d68 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -4266,13 +4266,6 @@
     githubId = 9086315;
     name = "Connor Brewster";
   };
-  cburstedde = {
-    email = "burstedde@ins.uni-bonn.de";
-    github = "cburstedde";
-    githubId = 109908;
-    name = "Carsten Burstedde";
-    keys = [ { fingerprint = "1127 A432 6524 BF02 737B  544E 0704 CD9E 550A 6BCD"; } ];
-  };
   ccellado = {
     email = "annplague@gmail.com";
     github = "ccellado";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pe/petsc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pe/petsc/package.nix
index 93e142153a710..577be492f2ef4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pe/petsc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pe/petsc/package.nix
@@ -305,9 +305,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://petsc.org/release/";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
-      cburstedde
-      qbisi
-    ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ qbisi ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/p4est-sc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/p4est-sc/default.nix
index bab98a1e1cfb4..559742f678e25 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/p4est-sc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/p4est-sc/default.nix
@@ -73,6 +73,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     homepage = "https://www.p4est.org/";
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/cburstedde/libsc.git";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.cburstedde ];
+    maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/p4est/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/p4est/default.nix
index 24b1b75a011e9..31613dd642599 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/p4est/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/p4est/default.nix
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     homepage = "https://www.p4est.org/";
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/cburstedde/p4est.git";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.cburstedde ];
+    maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }