diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index a92290fffa16..93511f54492d 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -23279,7 +23279,6 @@ SOUNDWIRE SUBSYSTEM
 M:	Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
 M:	Bard Liao <yung-chuan.liao@linux.intel.com>
 R:	Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@linux.dev>
-R:	Sanyog Kale <sanyog.r.kale@intel.com>
 L:	linux-sound@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vkoul/soundwire.git