diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
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--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3786,7 +3786,6 @@ F: tests/tcg/aarch64/system/semiheap.c
 Multi-process QEMU
 M: Elena Ufimtseva <elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com>
 M: Jagannathan Raman <jag.raman@oracle.com>
-M: John G Johnson <john.g.johnson@oracle.com>
 S: Maintained
 F: docs/devel/multi-process.rst
 F: docs/system/multi-process.rst