diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index a6f7f2912c0..503c68f963e 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-/cpp/ @Semmle/cpp
 /csharp/ @Semmle/cs
 /javascript/ @Semmle/js