diff --git a/board/aries/m28evk/MAINTAINERS b/board/aries/m28evk/MAINTAINERS
index f600e7d884706b763e85ba13502f9938888643c3..aad6313dbe98f81d84ef0f61e5e92630b61fd718 100644
--- a/board/aries/m28evk/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/board/aries/m28evk/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 M28EVK BOARD
-M:	Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>
-S:	Maintained
+#M:	Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>
+S:	Orphan (since 2017-07)
 F:	board/aries/m28evk/
 F:	include/configs/m28evk.h
 F:	configs/m28evk_defconfig
diff --git a/board/aries/m53evk/MAINTAINERS b/board/aries/m53evk/MAINTAINERS
index 71137f0802127e1b0d5a90bc009d69f8c6749657..73a68cf5aa1136ea02fc5fba892f17aac04232ea 100644
--- a/board/aries/m53evk/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/board/aries/m53evk/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 M53EVK BOARD
-M:	Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>
-S:	Maintained
+#M:	Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>
+S:	Orphan (since 2017-07)
 F:	board/aries/m53evk/
 F:	include/configs/m53evk.h
 F:	configs/m53evk_defconfig
diff --git a/board/aries/ma5d4evk/MAINTAINERS b/board/aries/ma5d4evk/MAINTAINERS
index 664a29a0dfd0cbed9f2c686a0c968ca2cbc66650..a2fab52dfca0a9d88848e75357c9ae942c568b7d 100644
--- a/board/aries/ma5d4evk/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/board/aries/ma5d4evk/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Aries MA5D4EVK BOARD
-M:	Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>
-S:	Maintained
+#M:	Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>
+S:	Orphan (since 2017-07)
 F:	board/aries/ma5d4evk/
 F:	include/configs/ma5d4evk.h
 F:	configs/ma5d4evk_defconfig
diff --git a/board/aries/mcvevk/MAINTAINERS b/board/aries/mcvevk/MAINTAINERS
index c3a3a2b87dad9cfd154973429516e20a2cb38bef..0b719a154c0704f2396581d84cbc31e2e9632836 100644
--- a/board/aries/mcvevk/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/board/aries/mcvevk/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Aries MCVEVK BOARD
-M:	Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>
-S:	Maintained
+#M:	Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>
+S:	Orphan (since 2017-07)
 F:	include/configs/socfpga_mcvevk.h
 F:	configs/socfpga_mcvevk_defconfig