diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index c26f17d0e7eb..c71d2c5bffa6 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1251,8 +1251,7 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/net/hamradio/baycom*
 
 BEFS FILE SYSTEM
-M:	"Sergey S. Kostyliov" <rathamahata@php4.ru>
-S:	Maintained
+S:	Orphan
 F:	Documentation/filesystems/befs.txt
 F:	fs/befs/