diff --git a/packages/wf-multi-area-model/package.py b/packages/wf-multi-area-model/package.py
index bdfc5a549feab284b2d5b671b99ea5fde3739373..c875e17adde15134315d5ac6178b4fcdca61d79b 100644
--- a/packages/wf-multi-area-model/package.py
+++ b/packages/wf-multi-area-model/package.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class WfMultiAreaModel(Package):
 
     homepage="https://inm-6.github.io/multi-area-model/"
     git = "https://github.com/INM-6/multi-area-model"
-    maintainer = ["terhorstd", "didi-hou"]
+    maintainer = ["terhorstd", "didi-hou", "rshimoura"]
 
     version("1.1.1",  tag="v1.1.1")
     version("1.1.0",  tag="v1.1.0")
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ class WfMultiAreaModel(Package):
     depends_on("py-elephant", type=("run", "test"))
     depends_on("r-aod", type=("run", "test"))
     depends_on("py-notebook", type=("run", "test"))
-    depends_on("py-python-louvain", type=("run", "test"))
 
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
         install_tree(".", join_path(prefix, "notebooks"))