diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index f0358cd91de35..3e112ee413c8f 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1390,7 +1390,6 @@ F:	include/linux/backlight.h
 BATMAN ADVANCED
 M:	Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
 M:	Simon Wunderlich <siwu@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
-M:	Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
 L:	b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org
 W:	http://www.open-mesh.org/
 S:	Maintained