diff --git a/common/lib/dependabot/clients/bitbucket.rb b/common/lib/dependabot/clients/bitbucket.rb
index 37f04b9c501..95a06f1eddf 100644
--- a/common/lib/dependabot/clients/bitbucket.rb
+++ b/common/lib/dependabot/clients/bitbucket.rb
@@ -144,7 +144,14 @@ def create_pull_request(repo, pr_name, source_branch, target_branch,
       end
       # rubocop:enable Metrics/ParameterLists
 
+      def current_user
+        base_url = "https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/user?fields=uuid"
+        response = get(base_url)
+        JSON.parse(response.body).fetch("uuid")
+      end
+
       def default_reviewers(repo)
+        current_uuid = current_user
         path = "#{repo}/default-reviewers?pagelen=100&fields=values.uuid,next"
         reviewers_url = base_url + path
 
@@ -153,7 +160,7 @@ def default_reviewers(repo)
         reviewer_data = []
 
         default_reviewers.each do |reviewer|
-          reviewer_data.append({ uuid: reviewer.fetch("uuid") })
+          reviewer_data.append({ uuid: reviewer.fetch("uuid") }) unless current_uuid == reviewer.fetch("uuid")
         end
 
         reviewer_data
diff --git a/common/spec/dependabot/clients/bitbucket_spec.rb b/common/spec/dependabot/clients/bitbucket_spec.rb
index 96c9ab671d9..988b85e7217 100644
--- a/common/spec/dependabot/clients/bitbucket_spec.rb
+++ b/common/spec/dependabot/clients/bitbucket_spec.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 require "dependabot/clients/bitbucket"
 
 RSpec.describe Dependabot::Clients::Bitbucket do
+  let(:current_user_url) { "https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/user?fields=uuid" }
+
+  before(:each) do
+    stub_request(:get, current_user_url).
+      with(headers: { "Authorization" => "Bearer #{access_token}" }).
+      to_return(status: 200, body: fixture("bitbucket", "current_user.json"))
+  end
   let(:access_token) { "access_token" }
   let(:credentials) do
     [{
@@ -84,4 +91,13 @@
       specify { expect { subject }.to_not raise_error }
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#remove_current_user_from_default_reviewer" do
+    subject do
+      client.current_user
+    end
+    specify { expect { subject }.to_not raise_error }
+
+    it { is_expected.to eq("{11111111-6349-0000-aea6-111111111111}") }
+  end
 end
diff --git a/common/spec/fixtures/bitbucket/current_user.json b/common/spec/fixtures/bitbucket/current_user.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..84c24d7c747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/spec/fixtures/bitbucket/current_user.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+	"uuid": "{11111111-6349-0000-aea6-111111111111}"
+}
diff --git a/common/spec/fixtures/bitbucket/default_reviewers_with_data.json b/common/spec/fixtures/bitbucket/default_reviewers_with_data.json
index 67917e190e9..9f5550cefc9 100644
--- a/common/spec/fixtures/bitbucket/default_reviewers_with_data.json
+++ b/common/spec/fixtures/bitbucket/default_reviewers_with_data.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "values": [
-    {"uuid": "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}", "is_project_reviewer": false}
-  ]
+	"values": [
+		{ "uuid": "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}", "is_project_reviewer": false },
+		{ "uuid": "{11111111-6349-0000-aea6-111111111111}", "is_project_reviewer": false }
+	]
 }