diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 4765a98a6..d95163c94 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # machine-controller-manager maintainers
-*	@gardener/mcm-maintainers @ggaurav10
+*	@gardener/mcm-maintainers
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 775cfae40..aac2811f5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Please refer to the [Gardener contributor guide](https://github.com/gardener/documentation/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+Please refer to the [Gardener contributor guide](https://github.com/gardener/gardener/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)