diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index e0f28fd07b937..2d4358f01a559 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-# See go/codeowners - automatically generated for confluentinc/kafka:
 *	@confluentinc/kafka-eng
-*	@confluentinc/security