diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 78531ddd..2702c346 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Default code owners
-*                           @openebs/localpv-lvm-approvers @openebs/org-maintainers
+*                           @openebs/localpv-lvm-approvers
 
 # CODEOWNERS file owners
 /.github/CODEOWNERS         @openebs/org-maintainers