diff --git a/ci/OWNERS b/ci/OWNERS
index 9265ae8bc83df..596cf711567db 100644
--- a/ci/OWNERS
+++ b/ci/OWNERS
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ nixos/modules/installer/tools/nix-fallback-paths.nix  @NixOS/nix-team @raitobeza
 
 # Browsers
 /pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox @mweinelt
-/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium @emilylange
-/nixos/tests/chromium.nix @emilylange
+/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium @emilylange @networkException
+/nixos/tests/chromium.nix @emilylange @networkException
 
 # Certificate Authorities
 pkgs/data/misc/cacert/ @ajs124 @lukegb @mweinelt
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/browser.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/browser.nix
index d4259c2895ad2..bdedac20c5ebd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/browser.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/browser.nix
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ mkChromiumDerivation (base: rec {
     homepage = if ungoogled
       then "https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium"
       else "https://www.chromium.org/";
+    # Maintainer pings for this derivation are highly unreliable.
+    # If you add yourself as maintainer here, please also add yourself as CODEOWNER.
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; if ungoogled
       then [ networkexception emilylange ]
       else [ networkexception emilylange ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
index 4a16de319a1e3..c0a661a860389 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/common.nix
@@ -663,12 +663,7 @@ let
     } // lib.optionalAttrs (!isElectron) {
       inherit chromiumDeps npmDeps;
     };
-  }
-  # overwrite `version` with the exact same `version` from the same source,
-  # except it internally points to `upstream-info.nix` for
-  # `builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos`, which is used by ofborg to decide
-  # which maintainers need to be pinged.
-  // builtins.removeAttrs upstream-info (builtins.filter (e: e != "version") (builtins.attrNames upstream-info));
+  };
 
 # Remove some extraAttrs we supplied to the base attributes already.
 in stdenv.mkDerivation (base // removeAttrs extraAttrs [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
index ecce9b395a75d..73ce63d6f8bc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/default.nix
@@ -178,9 +178,3 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     inherit sandboxExecutableName;
   };
 }
-# the following is a complicated and long-winded variant of
-# `inherit (chromium.browser) version`, with the added benefit
-# that it keeps the pointer to upstream-info.nix for
-# builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos, which is what ofborg uses to
-# decide which maintainers need to be pinged.
-// builtins.removeAttrs chromium.browser (builtins.filter (e: e != "version") (builtins.attrNames chromium.browser))