diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 9eb8021c7..e155fc894 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -7,19 +7,17 @@
 # global owners are only requested if there isn't a more specific
 # codeowner specified below. For this reason, the global codeowners
 # are often repeated in package-level definitions.
-*       @alexanderbez @ebuchman @melekes @tessr
+*       @alexanderbez @ebuchman @tessr
 
 # Overrides for tooling packages
-.github/ @marbar3778 @alexanderbez @ebuchman @melekes @tessr
-DOCKER/ @marbar3778 @alexanderbez @ebuchman @melekes @tessr
+.github/ @marbar3778 @alexanderbez @ebuchman @tessr
+DOCKER/ @marbar3778 @alexanderbez @ebuchman @tessr
 
 # Overrides for core Tendermint packages
-abci/  @marbar3778 @alexanderbez @ebuchman @melekes @tessr
-evidence/ @cmwaters @ebuchman @melekes @tessr
-light/ @cmwaters @melekes @ebuchman @tessr
+abci/  @marbar3778 @alexanderbez @ebuchman @tessr
+evidence/ @cmwaters @ebuchman @tessr
+light/ @cmwaters @ebuchman @tessr
 
 # Overrides for docs
-*.md @marbar3778 @alexanderbez @ebuchman @melekes @tessr
-docs/ @marbar3778 @alexanderbez @ebuchman @melekes @tessr
-
-
+*.md @marbar3778 @alexanderbez @ebuchman @tessr
+docs/ @marbar3778 @alexanderbez @ebuchman @tessr