diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index 85ff073..9a0cdcb 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 **Note on Bugs**
 Please note that questions or feature requests should be discussed on the
-mailing list or IRC. Please see https://github.com/openbmc/openbmc#contact
+mailing list or Discord. Please see https://github.com/openbmc/openbmc#contact
 for info on how to contact us. Github Issues in openbmc/openbmc are for bugs
 only. Please remove this section when opening a bug.
 
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index be9e8ac..e5878e0 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
     Section entries are structured according to the following scheme:
 
-    X:  NAME <EMAIL_USERNAME@DOMAIN> <IRC_USERNAME!>
+    X:  NAME <EMAIL_USERNAME@DOMAIN> <DISCORD_USERNAME!>
     X:  ...
     .
     .
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
     organization; FILE_PATH is a file path within the repository, possibly with
     wildcards; X is a tag of one of the following types:
 
-    M:  Denotes maintainer; has fields NAME <EMAIL_USERNAME@DOMAIN> <IRC_USERNAME!>;
+    M:  Denotes maintainer; has fields NAME <EMAIL_USERNAME@DOMAIN> <DISCORD_USERNAME!>;
         if omitted from an entry, assume one of the maintainers from the
         MAINTAINERS entry.
-    R:  Denotes reviewer; has fields NAME <EMAIL_USERNAME@DOMAIN> <IRC_USERNAME!>;
+    R:  Denotes reviewer; has fields NAME <EMAIL_USERNAME@DOMAIN> <DISCORD_USERNAME!>;
         these people are to be added as reviewers for a change matching the repo
         path.
     F:  Denotes forked from an external repository; has fields URL.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4e61b86..6ae7bfe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -175,5 +175,4 @@
 ## Contact
 - Mail: openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org [https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/openbmc](https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/openbmc)
 - Discord: https://discord.gg/69Km47zH98
-- IRC: #openbmc on freenode.net
-- Riot: [#openbmc:matrix.org](https://riot.im/app/#/room/#openbmc:matrix.org)
+