diff --git a/app/templates/packages/view.html b/app/templates/packages/view.html
index 8be65fb..429e4bd 100644
--- a/app/templates/packages/view.html
+++ b/app/templates/packages/view.html
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
 								</a>
 							{% endfor %}
 
-							{% if current_user in package.maintainers and not package.checkPerm(current_user, "EDIT_MAINTAINERS") %}
+							{% if current_user in package.maintainers and current_user != package.author %}
 								<form class="mt-2"  method="post" action="{{ package.getRemoveSelfMaintainerURL() }}">
 									<input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}" />
 									<input class="btn btn-sm btn-link p-0" type="submit" value="{{ _("Remove myself") }}" />