diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index bd5847e802de..5e5382e2fe21 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -13934,7 +13934,6 @@ F:	include/linux/platform_data/rtc-*
 F:	tools/testing/selftests/rtc/
 
 REALTEK AUDIO CODECS
-M:	Bard Liao <bardliao@realtek.com>
 M:	Oder Chiou <oder_chiou@realtek.com>
 S:	Maintained
 F:	sound/soc/codecs/rt*