diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index aa6bcf7a70..aace4375f6 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 * @l0rd @ibuziuk @vinokurig @nickboldt 
 
 # che.properties (quasi-documentation)
-assembly/assembly-wsmaster-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes/che/** @osslate 
+# Fionn Kelleher (@osslate) is the replacement for Fabrice, but he doesn't seem to have rights to this repo, so comment this out for now
+# assembly/assembly-wsmaster-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes/che/** @osslate 
 
 # workspace runtime infrastructure implementations
 infrastructures/** @amisevsk