Rick Grimes is giving up the hunt.
Andrew Lincoln will reportedly walk away from "The Walking Dead" during the upcoming season, according to Collider.
The 44-year-old actor has starred as the zombie-hunting patriarch for all eight seasons of the hit AMC show, but will reportedly appear in just six episodes of the ninth season.
The last season ended with Grimes finally battling Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan); given the chance to finally end the threat, Grimes let Negan live because that's what Carl would have wanted.
"The Walking Dead" will see massive upheaval next season, as co-star Lauren Cohan will only appear in six episodes after her ABC pilot, "Whiskey Cavalier," was picked up to series, and original star Chandler Riggs will depart. Angela Kang will also take over for longtime showrunner Scott M. Gimple.
The show returns in the fall.
AMC declined to comment when reached by the Daily News.
