diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index c6f8630d478a4..a98c2b59a334a 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -2724,10 +2724,3 @@ x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/synthetics/server/saved_objects/synthetics
 # See https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/199404
 # Prevent backport assignments
 * @kibanamachine
-####
-## These rules are always last so they take ultimate priority over everything else
-####
-
-# See https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/199404
-# Prevent backport assignments
-* @kibanamachine