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@@ -312,8 +312,6 @@ For information about the governance of the Node.js project, see
   **Daniel Bevenius** <<daniel.bevenius@gmail.com>> (he/him)
 * [danielleadams](https://github.com/danielleadams) -
   **Danielle Adams** <<adamzdanielle@gmail.com>> (she/her)
-* [DerekNonGeneric](https://github.com/DerekNonGeneric) -
-  **Derek Lewis** <<DerekNonGeneric@inf.is>> (he/him)
 * [devnexen](https://github.com/devnexen) -
   **David Carlier** <<devnexen@gmail.com>>
 * [devsnek](https://github.com/devsnek) -