diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index bf801c28b41e..6e677fe04b7d 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -6985,12 +6985,6 @@
       fingerprint = "8992 44FC D291 5CA2 0A97  802C 156C 88A5 B0A0 4B2A";
     }];
   };
-  kiyengar = {
-    email = "hello@kiyengar.net";
-    github = "karthikiyengar";
-    githubId = 8260207;
-    name = "Karthik Iyengar";
-  };
   kjeremy = {
     email = "kjeremy@gmail.com";
     name = "Jeremy Kolb";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/spotify-qt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/spotify-qt/default.nix
index 67edd91949c6..65a921ed5bf2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/spotify-qt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/spotify-qt/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Lightweight unofficial Spotify client using Qt";
     homepage = "https://github.com/kraxarn/spotify-qt";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ kiyengar ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
    };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/unipicker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/unipicker/default.nix
index 26db71e9b483..b488a16015ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/unipicker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/unipicker/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "A CLI utility for searching unicode characters by description and optionally copying them to clipboard";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jeremija/unipicker";
     license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ kiyengar ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
    };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
index d73cd11036a4..8d33a910546c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
@@ -103,6 +103,6 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jcumming kiyengar ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jcumming ];
   };
 }