diff --git a/config/default_rules.yaml b/config/default_rules.yaml
index 41dc649..3794f86 100644
--- a/config/default_rules.yaml
+++ b/config/default_rules.yaml
@@ -204,15 +204,6 @@
       paramSyntaxRegex: /.+/
       rules: []
   required_instructions: 
-    - 
-      instruction: "MAINTAINER"
-      count: 1
-      level: "info"
-      message: "Maintainer is not defined"
-      description: "The MAINTAINER line is useful for identifying the author in the form of MAINTAINER Joe Smith <joe.smith@example.com>"
-      reference_url: 
-        - "https://docs.docker.com/reference/builder/"
-        - "#maintainer"
     - 
       instruction: "EXPOSE"
       count: 1