diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 266b42821..016cf3309 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014-2023 Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, RWTH Aachen University
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-# These owners will be the default owners for everything in
-# the repo. Unless a later match takes precedence,
-# @stv0g will be requested for
-# review when someone opens a pull request.
-*       @stv0g
-
 # Order is important; the last matching pattern takes the most
 # precedence. When someone opens a pull request that only
 # modifies the following files, only the following members