diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.yaml b/MAINTAINERS.yaml
index 79d738cdaa..bbf6e50ddf 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.yaml
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.yaml
@@ -39,21 +39,6 @@
 # listed as an expert are typically good to add as a reviewer for pull requests
 # targeting that subsystem.
 
-
-pmc:
-  desc: >-
-    PMC Members (general maintainers):
-  status: maintained
-  maintainers:
-    - Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
-    - Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com>
-    - Matt Poremba <Matthew.Poremba@amd.com>
-    - Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> (chair)
-    - Zhengrong Wang <seanzw@ucla.edu>
-    - Borius Shingarov <shingarov@labware.com>
-    - Matt Sinclair <sinclair@cs.wisc.edu>
-    - Bobby R. Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
-
 arch:
   desc: >-
     General architecture-specific components
diff --git a/util/git-commit-msg.py b/util/git-commit-msg.py
index 12baad8c19..c12b0cd215 100755
--- a/util/git-commit-msg.py
+++ b/util/git-commit-msg.py
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ def _validateTags(commit_header):
     maintainer_dict = maintainers.Maintainers.from_file()
     valid_tags = [tag for tag, _ in maintainer_dict]
 
-    # Remove non-tag 'pmc' and add special tags not in MAINTAINERS.yaml
-    valid_tags.remove("pmc")
+    # Add special tags not in MAINTAINERS.yaml
     valid_tags.extend(["RFC", "WIP"])
 
     tags = "".join(commit_header.split(":")[0].split()).split(",")