diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 6c8be735cc91..43f07a1a3a52 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -6801,7 +6801,6 @@ F:	Documentation/admin-guide/media/em28xx*
 F:	drivers/media/usb/em28xx/
 
 EMBEDDED LINUX
-M:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
 M:	Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
 M:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
 L:	linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org