diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 17e3b8193..0e0e93f16 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ When adding a new feature, thought must be given to the long term technical debt
 and maintenance that feature may require after inclusion. Before proposing a new
 feature that will require maintenance, please consider if you are willing to
 maintain it (including bug fixing). If features get orphaned with no maintainer
-in the future, they may be removed by the Repository Maintainer.
+in the future, they may be removed.
 
 
 ### Refactoring