diff --git a/news/rm-me.rst b/news/rm-me.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12bca447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/rm-me.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* No news needed: remove caden as a maintainer.
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 622b574d..9eefbca9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ authors = [
   {name='Simon J. L. Billinge', email='sbillinge@ucsb.edu'},
 ]
 maintainers = [
-  {name='Caden Myers', email='cjm2304@columbia.edu'},
   {name='Simon J. L. Billinge', email='sbillinge@ucsb.edu'},
 ]
 description = "Generalized code base for modeling problems."