diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index aea47e04c3a5..c45e2c3f6ff9 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -4869,7 +4869,6 @@ F:	drivers/power/supply/cw2015_battery.c
 CEPH COMMON CODE (LIBCEPH)
 M:	Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@gmail.com>
 M:	Xiubo Li <xiubli@redhat.com>
-R:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
 L:	ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
 W:	http://ceph.com/
@@ -4881,7 +4880,6 @@ F:	net/ceph/
 CEPH DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM CLIENT (CEPH)
 M:	Xiubo Li <xiubli@redhat.com>
 M:	Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@gmail.com>
-R:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
 L:	ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
 W:	http://ceph.com/