diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 12bd898fcc4b..4a290dc1284e 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -25800,9 +25800,8 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/sundance.c
 
 SUNPLUS ETHERNET DRIVER
-M:	Wells Lu <wellslutw@gmail.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Orphan
 W:	https://sunplus.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/doc/overview
 F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sunplus,sp7021-emac.yaml
 F:	drivers/net/ethernet/sunplus/