diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index cd5c4831e2..15982c0461 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2874,9 +2874,8 @@ F: hw/usb/vt82c686-uhci-pci.c
 F: include/hw/isa/vt82c686.h
 
 Firmware configuration (fw_cfg)
-M: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
 R: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
-S: Supported
+S: Orphaned
 F: docs/specs/fw_cfg.rst
 F: hw/nvram/fw_cfg*.c
 F: stubs/fw_cfg.c
@@ -4004,14 +4003,12 @@ F: docs/specs/fsi.rst
 F: tests/qtest/aspeed_fsi-test.c
 
 Firmware schema specifications
-M: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
 R: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
 R: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com>
-S: Maintained
+S: Orphan
 F: docs/interop/firmware.json
 
 EDK2 Firmware
-M: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
 M: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
 S: Supported
 F: hw/i386/*ovmf*