diff --git a/docs/static/contributing-to-logstash.asciidoc b/docs/static/contributing-to-logstash.asciidoc
index 3a8dc4df3..02da9e25c 100644
--- a/docs/static/contributing-to-logstash.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/static/contributing-to-logstash.asciidoc
@@ -46,5 +46,3 @@ https://github.com/elastic/logstash/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md[contribution]
 guide, and the Logstash
 https://github.com/elastic/logstash/blob/master/README.md[readme]
 document.
-
-include::maintainer-guide.asciidoc[]