diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 840eebc944..a4ad10226f 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1471,7 +1471,6 @@ F: tests/functional/test_ppc_40p.py
 sPAPR (pseries)
 M: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
 R: Daniel Henrique Barboza <danielhb413@gmail.com>
-R: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
 R: Harsh Prateek Bora <harshpb@linux.ibm.com>
 L: qemu-ppc@nongnu.org
 S: Odd Fixes
@@ -1562,7 +1561,6 @@ F: tests/functional/test_ppc_amiga.py
 
 Virtual Open Firmware (VOF)
 M: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@ozlabs.ru>
-R: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
 L: qemu-ppc@nongnu.org
 S: Odd Fixes
 F: hw/ppc/spapr_vof*