diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index adc58878..2957f805 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # These owners will be the default owners for everything in the repo.
 #*       @defunkt
-*       @NCAR/ccpp-framework-noaa-contingent @NCAR/ccpp-framework-ncar-contingent @NCAR/ccpp-framework-navy-contingent @gold2718
+*       @NCAR/ccpp-framework-noaa-contingent @NCAR/ccpp-framework-ncar-contingent @NCAR/ccpp-framework-navy-contingent
 
 # Order is important. The last matching pattern has the most precedence.
 # So if a pull request only touches javascript files, only these owners