diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 9e876927c60d..93215a6909c9 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -8603,9 +8603,8 @@ F:	drivers/ide/
 F:	include/linux/ide.h
 
 IDE/ATAPI DRIVERS
-M:	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
 L:	linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Orphan
 F:	Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd.rst
 F:	drivers/ide/ide-cd*