diff --git a/Maintainers.txt b/Maintainers.txt
index 2b03ccbe54aa..cfbde42f2e04 100644
--- a/Maintainers.txt
+++ b/Maintainers.txt
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ Descriptions of section entries:
      Maintained: Someone actually looks after it.
      Odd Fixes:  It has a maintainer but they don't have time to do
                  much other than throw the odd patch in. See below.
-     Orphan:     No current maintainer [but maybe you could take the
-                 role as you write your new code].
      Obsolete:   Old code. Something tagged obsolete generally means
                  it has been replaced by a better system and you
                  should be using that.