diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
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-# These owners will be the default owners for everything in
-# the repo. Unless a later match takes precedence, these
-# users will be requested for review when someone opens a
-# pull request.
-*       @jadewang-db @jackyhu-db @vikrantpuppala @deeksha-db @samikshya-db @jprakash-db @madhav-db @gopalldb @jayantsing-db @shivam2680
-