diff --git a/OWNERS b/OWNERS
index 92b54b92c531..12e12f9963f9 100644
--- a/OWNERS
+++ b/OWNERS
@@ -1,38 +1,9 @@
 # See the OWNERS docs at https://go.k8s.io/owners
 
-filters:
-  ".*":
-    reviewers:
-      - code-reviewers
-    approvers:
-      - approvers
-    emeritus_approvers:
-      - emeritus_approvers
-
-  "cluster-up/.*|WORKSPACE|.bazel.*|.fossa.yml|cluster-up-sha.txt":
-    reviewers:
-      - sig-buildsystem-reviewers
-    approvers:
-      - sig-buildsystem-approvers
-    labels:
-      - sig/buildsystem
-  ".*_test.go":
-    reviewers:
-      - sig-test-reviewers
-    approvers:
-       - sig-test-approvers
-    labels:
-      - sig/test
-  ".golangci.yml":
-    approvers:
-      - sig-test-approvers
-      - sig-compute-approvers
-      - sig-network-approvers
-
-  "docs/metrics.md":
-    reviewers:
-      - sig-observability-reviewers
-    approvers:
-      - sig-observability-approvers
-    labels:
-      - sig/observability
+reviewers:
+  - code-reviewers
+approvers:
+  - approvers
+emeritus_approvers:
+  - emeritus_approvers
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cluster-up/OWNERS b/cluster-up/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..64148adcc2d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster-up/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+reviewers:
+  - sig-buildsystem-reviewers
+approvers:
+  - sig-buildsystem-approvers
+labels:
+  - sig/buildsystem
+   
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/OWNERS b/cmd/OWNERS
deleted file mode 100644
index 0211579f2200..000000000000
--- a/cmd/OWNERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# See the OWNERS docs at https://go.k8s.io/owners
-
-filters:
-  # examples:
-  #   virt-api/BUILD.bazel
-  "virt.*/BUILD\\.bazel$":
-    labels:
-      - kind/build-change
diff --git a/hack/OWNERS b/hack/OWNERS
index 619dfccd2b45..9e57b85e07e5 100644
--- a/hack/OWNERS
+++ b/hack/OWNERS
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
-filters:
-
-  ".*":
-    reviewers:
-    - sig-buildsystem-reviewers
-    approvers:
-    - sig-buildsystem-approvers
-    labels:
-    - sig/buildsystem
-
-  ".*perf.*":
-    reviewers:
-      - sig-scale-reviewers
-    approvers:
-      - sig-scale-approvers
-    labels:
-      - sig/scale
+reviewers:
+- sig-buildsystem-reviewers
+approvers:
+- sig-buildsystem-approvers
+labels:
+- sig/buildsystem
diff --git a/staging/src/kubevirt.io/api/OWNERS b/staging/src/kubevirt.io/api/OWNERS
index 6470c0cd9bdb..b1ddf8fee6e6 100644
--- a/staging/src/kubevirt.io/api/OWNERS
+++ b/staging/src/kubevirt.io/api/OWNERS
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 # See the OWNERS docs at https://go.k8s.io/owners
 
-filters:
-  # examples:
-  #   pkg/api/types.go
-  #   pkg/api/*/register.go
-  "\\.go$":
-    labels:
-      - kind/api-change
+labels:
+  - kind/api-change