diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 2c333aba21..2127bb241a 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ M: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
 S: Maintained
 F: cpus.c
 F: exec.c
-F: softmmu_template.h
 F: accel/tcg/
 F: include/exec/cpu*.h
 F: include/exec/exec-all.h
diff --git a/softmmu_template.h b/accel/tcg/softmmu_template.h
similarity index 100%
rename from softmmu_template.h
rename to accel/tcg/softmmu_template.h