diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 5a8271302a72b..1f076e3c84001 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@
 
 # Operations
 /src/dev/ @elastic/kibana-operations
-!/src/dev/i18n/ @elastic/kibana-operations
 /src/setup_node_env/ @elastic/kibana-operations
 /src/optimize/ @elastic/kibana-operations
 /packages/*eslint*/ @elastic/kibana-operations