diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 23863ce06996..afc1c5aa476f 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ F:	drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
 
 8169 10/100/1000 GIGABIT ETHERNET DRIVER
 M:	Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@realtek.com>
-M:	Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c