diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index a503eb49031..55c63889160 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,60 +1,3 @@
-# Lines starting with '#' are comments.
-# Each line is a file pattern followed by one or more owners.
+# DO NOT OVERWRITE THIS EMPTY FILE.
 
-# More details are here: https://help.github.com/articles/about-codeowners/
-# A CODEOWNERS file uses a pattern that follows the same rules in gitignore files: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore#_pattern_format
-# All groups must have Write permissions to the repo, even if all of the members already have Write permissions individually.
-
-# The '*' pattern is for global owners.
-
-# This line tags the dotnet-docs team for review, so nothing falls through the cracks.
-
-*     @dotnet/docs
-
-# Order is important. The last matching pattern has the most precedence.
-# The folders are ordered as follows:
-
-# In each subsection folders are order first by depth, then alphabetically.
-# This should make it easy to add new rules without breaking existing ones.
-
-# Area owners of the dotnet/runtime repo: https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/master/docs/area-owners.md
-
-/xml/Microsoft.CSharp*/ @cston @333fred
-/xml/Microsoft.Extensions.Http*/ @dotnet/ncl
-/xml/Microsoft.VisualBasic*/ @cston @333fred
-/xml/System.Activities*/ @dotnet/docs
-/xml/System.AddIn*/ @dotnet/docs
-/xml/System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations*/ @ajcvickers
-/xml/System.Data*/ @ajcvickers
-/xml/System.Data.Odbc/ @ajcvickers
-/xml/System.Data.OleDb/ @ajcvickers
-/xml/System.Data.SqlClient/ @david-engel @cheenamalhotra
-/xml/System.Deployment*/ @dotnet/docs
-/xml/System.Device*/ @dotnet/docs
-/xml/System.Dynamic*/ @dotnet/docs
-/xml/System.EnterpriseServices*/ @dotnet/docs
-/xml/System.IO.Pipelines*/ @halter73
-/xml/System.IdentityModel*/ @dotnet/docs
-/xml/System.Json*/ @dotnet/docs
-/xml/System.Linq.Expressions*/ @cston @333fred
-/xml/System.Media*/ @dotnet/docs
-/xml/System.Messaging*/ @dotnet/docs
-/xml/System.Net*/ @dotnet/ncl
-/xml/System.Printing*/ @dotnet/docs
-/xml/System.Runtime.Caching*/ @StephenMolloy @HongGit
-/xml/System.Runtime.InteropServices*/ @AaronRobinsonMSFT @jkoritzinsky
-/xml/System.Runtime.Serialization*/ @StephenMolloy @HongGit
-/xml/System.ServiceModel*/ @HongGit @mconnew
-/xml/System.ServiceModel.Syndication/ @StephenMolloy @HongGit
-/xml/System.Speech*/ @dotnet/docs
-/xml/System.Threading*/ @kouvel
-/xml/System.Timers*/ @dotnet/docs
-/xml/System.Transactions*/ @HongGit
-/xml/System.Web*/ @rick-anderson
-/xml/System.Windows*/ @dotnet/wpf-developers
-/xml/System.Windows.Forms*/ @merriemcgaw @JeremyKuhne
-/xml/System.Workflow*/ @dotnet/docs
-/xml/System.Xaml*/ @dotnet/wpf-developers
-
-# System.Uri
-/xml/System/Uri.xml @dotnet/ncl
+# This file is intentionally empty in the live branch (only), so the whole world doesn't get tagged for review on main -> live publish PRs.