diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 66a3865..79471ba 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -155,10 +155,9 @@
 F:	drivers/net/r8169.c
 
 8250/16?50 (AND CLONE UARTS) SERIAL DRIVER
-M:	Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
 L:	linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
 W:	http://serial.sourceforge.net
-S:	Odd Fixes
+S:	Orphan
 F:	drivers/serial/8250*
 F:	include/linux/serial_8250.h
 
@@ -4997,9 +4996,7 @@
 S:	Maintained
 
 TTY LAYER
-M:	Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
-S:	Maintained
-T:	stgit http://zeniv.linux.org.uk/~alan/ttydev/
+S:	Orphan
 F:	drivers/char/tty_*
 F:	drivers/serial/serial_core.c
 F:	include/linux/serial_core.h