diff --git a/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS b/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
index 32cc7381e1a..b92f91b3f3c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
@@ -250,8 +250,6 @@
 
 # sort-order-reset
 
-/components/**/test_apps/**/*.py     @esp-idf-codeowners/ci @esp-idf-codeowners/tools
-
 # ignore lists
 /tools/ci/check_copyright_config.yaml                   @esp-idf-codeowners/all-maintainers
 /tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt                    @esp-idf-codeowners/all-maintainers