diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 32f6915ae0eb..2c8b0d3d7128 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1733,10 +1733,9 @@ F:	include/linux/tfrc.h
 F:	net/dccp/
 
 DECnet NETWORK LAYER
-M:	Christine Caulfield <christine.caulfield@googlemail.com>
 W:	http://linux-decnet.sourceforge.net
 L:	linux-decnet-user@lists.sourceforge.net
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Orphan
 F:	Documentation/networking/decnet.txt
 F:	net/decnet/