diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-files.yml b/.github/workflows/check-files.yml
index c8dfdb37f..0c5f88aa0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-files.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-files.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # unfortunately we can't check if the approver is part of the CODEOWNERS. This is a subset of aws/aws-crypto-tools-team
       # to add more allowlisted approvers just modify this env variable
-      maintainers: seebees, texastony, ShubhamChaturvedi7, lucasmcdonald3, josecorella, imabhichow, rishav-karanjit, antonf-amzn, kessplas, ajewellamz, RitvikKapila
+      maintainers: seebees, texastony, ShubhamChaturvedi7, lucasmcdonald3, josecorella, rishav-karanjit, antonf-amzn, kessplas
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with: