Let
A
A
be a finite-dimensional selfinjective algebra. We show that, for any
n
≥
1
n\ge 1
, maximal
n
n
-orthogonal
A
A
-modules (in the sense of Iyama) rarely exist. More precisely, we prove that if
A
A
admits a maximal
n
n
-orthogonal module, then all
A
A
-modules are of complexity at most 1.