diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
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@@ -4592,7 +4592,6 @@ F:	include/linux/vga*
 
 DRM DRIVERS AND MISC GPU PATCHES
 M:	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@intel.com>
-M:	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
 M:	Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@padovan.org>
 M:	Sean Paul <seanpaul@chromium.org>
 W:	https://01.org/linuxgraphics/gfx-docs/maintainer-tools/drm-misc.html