diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 7a51693d6..13b38e976 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
-# Code owners for Base documentation governance surfaces.
+# Reviewer requests are intentionally disabled.
 #
-# This file is a convenience, not the enforcement mechanism. It makes GitHub automatically
-# request a review from a Governance Owner when a pull request touches a protected file, so
-# the right person is notified without anyone having to remember. The actual blocking is done
-# by the check runs published from .github/workflows/ia-approval-gates.yml, which counts
-# approvals against .github/ia-governance.json.
-#
-# Keep the owner list here in sync with `governanceOwners` in .github/ia-governance.json.
-# Changing this file requires three Writer approvals -- see the ci-configuration gate.
-
-# Structural and content guidelines.
-/docs/ia-guidelines.md       @ericbrown99 @mindapivessa
-/docs/content-guidelines.md  @ericbrown99 @mindapivessa
-
-# Navigation tree. Structural changes here are gated by the Get Started and
-# Build on Base Solutions checks.
-/docs/docs.json              @ericbrown99 @mindapivessa
+# The checks published by .github/workflows/ia-approval-gates.yml continue to enforce
+# approvals for protected documentation changes without automatically requesting reviews
+# from individual Governance Owners. Changing this file requires three Writer approvals --
+# see the ci-configuration gate.