diff --git a/OWNERS b/OWNERS
index e5b26dc618f..16fc48c7f84 100644
--- a/OWNERS
+++ b/OWNERS
@@ -12,8 +12,5 @@ sunnyshao@google.com
 tmfang@google.com
 yantingyang@google.com
 
-# Emergency approvers in case the above are not available
-zhfan@google.com
-
 # Exempt resource files (because they are in a flat directory and too hard to manage via OWNERS)
 per-file *.xml=*