diff --git a/api/OWNERS b/api/OWNERS
index 6d85ec75f9..7009d88bf1 100644
--- a/api/OWNERS
+++ b/api/OWNERS
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ reviewers:
 - davidopp
 - pmorie
 - sttts
-- kargakis
 - dchen1107
 - saad-ali
 - zmerlynn
diff --git a/hack/update_owners.py b/hack/update_owners.py
index 2faefeb7ca..233f60086b 100755
--- a/hack/update_owners.py
+++ b/hack/update_owners.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def get_maintainers():
            "eparis", "erictune", "fabioy", "fejta", "fgrzadkowski", "freehan",
            "gmarek", "grodrigues3", "ingvagabund", "ixdy", "janetkuo", "jbeda",
            "jessfraz", "jingxu97", "jlowdermilk", "jsafrane", "jszczepkowski",
-           "justinsb", "kargakis", "Kashomon", "kevin-wangzefeng", "krousey",
+           "justinsb", "Kashomon", "kevin-wangzefeng", "krousey",
            "lavalamp", "liggitt", "luxas", "madhusudancs", "maisem", "matchstick",
            "mbohlool", "mikedanese", "mml", "mtaufen", "mwielgus", "ncdc",
            "nikhiljindal", "piosz", "pmorie", "pwittrock", "Q-Lee", "quinton-hoole",
diff --git a/pkg/api/OWNERS b/pkg/api/OWNERS
index 6d85ec75f9..7009d88bf1 100644
--- a/pkg/api/OWNERS
+++ b/pkg/api/OWNERS
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ reviewers:
 - davidopp
 - pmorie
 - sttts
-- kargakis
 - dchen1107
 - saad-ali
 - zmerlynn
diff --git a/pkg/api/persistentvolume/OWNERS b/pkg/api/persistentvolume/OWNERS
index b74bd2bf49..8575aa9767 100755
--- a/pkg/api/persistentvolume/OWNERS
+++ b/pkg/api/persistentvolume/OWNERS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 reviewers:
 - smarterclayton
-- kargakis
+- jsafrane
 - david-mcmahon
diff --git a/pkg/api/pod/OWNERS b/pkg/api/pod/OWNERS
index b74bd2bf49..bead0f8a8e 100755
--- a/pkg/api/pod/OWNERS
+++ b/pkg/api/pod/OWNERS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 reviewers:
 - smarterclayton
-- kargakis
+- thockin
 - david-mcmahon
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/OWNERS b/pkg/api/v1/OWNERS
index 66568527f9..c627c33f87 100755
--- a/pkg/api/v1/OWNERS
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/OWNERS
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ reviewers:
 - davidopp
 - pmorie
 - sttts
-- kargakis
 - dchen1107
 - saad-ali
 - zmerlynn
diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/OWNERS b/pkg/api/validation/OWNERS
index 66dfd87d3b..e87de15ad0 100755
--- a/pkg/api/validation/OWNERS
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/OWNERS
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ reviewers:
 - pmorie
 - sttts
 - quinton-hoole
-- kargakis
 - dchen1107
 - zmerlynn
 - janetkuo
diff --git a/pkg/apis/OWNERS b/pkg/apis/OWNERS
index 66878903a2..646f794bca 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/OWNERS
+++ b/pkg/apis/OWNERS
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ reviewers:
 - erictune
 - pmorie
 - sttts
-- kargakis
 - dchen1107
 - saad-ali
 - luxas
diff --git a/pkg/apis/extensions/OWNERS b/pkg/apis/extensions/OWNERS
index 29a40fb54e..82c173c982 100755
--- a/pkg/apis/extensions/OWNERS
+++ b/pkg/apis/extensions/OWNERS
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ reviewers:
 - erictune
 - pmorie
 - sttts
-- kargakis
 - saad-ali
 - janetkuo
 - justinsb
diff --git a/pkg/client/OWNERS b/pkg/client/OWNERS
index 0f19250990..996779d747 100644
--- a/pkg/client/OWNERS
+++ b/pkg/client/OWNERS
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ reviewers:
 - davidopp
 - pmorie
 - sttts
-- kargakis
 - dchen1107
 - saad-ali
 - zmerlynn
diff --git a/pkg/client/unversioned/OWNERS b/pkg/client/unversioned/OWNERS
index 33d109321c..72344a162c 100755
--- a/pkg/client/unversioned/OWNERS
+++ b/pkg/client/unversioned/OWNERS
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ reviewers:
 - davidopp
 - pmorie
 - sttts
-- kargakis
 - saad-ali
 - zmerlynn
 - janetkuo
diff --git a/pkg/registry/OWNERS b/pkg/registry/OWNERS
index 978192dcac..1b51832e39 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/OWNERS
+++ b/pkg/registry/OWNERS
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ reviewers:
 - erictune
 - davidopp
 - pmorie
-- kargakis
 - saad-ali
 - zmerlynn
 - luxas
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/OWNERS b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/OWNERS
index 6044c031ed..5f729ffe63 100755
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/OWNERS
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta/OWNERS
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ reviewers:
 - liggitt
 - nikhiljindal
 - gmarek
-- kargakis
 - janetkuo
 - ncdc
 - eparis
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/OWNERS b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/OWNERS
index 381a525094..7f5eb58602 100755
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/OWNERS
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/OWNERS
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ reviewers:
 - davidopp
 - sttts
 - quinton-hoole
-- kargakis
 - luxas
 - janetkuo
 - justinsb
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest/OWNERS b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest/OWNERS
index 5769342c22..313ee7c5a9 100755
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest/OWNERS
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest/OWNERS
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ reviewers:
 - liggitt
 - nikhiljindal
 - gmarek
-- kargakis
 - justinsb
 - roberthbailey
 - ncdc
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/OWNERS b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/OWNERS
index c3606d0a25..c0101e8b20 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/OWNERS
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/OWNERS
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ reviewers:
 - davidopp
 - pmorie
 - sttts
-- kargakis
 - dchen1107
 - saad-ali
 - zmerlynn
diff --git a/test/OWNERS b/test/OWNERS
index f02bec9eeb..58ae3b7b9c 100644
--- a/test/OWNERS
+++ b/test/OWNERS
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ reviewers:
   - gmarek
   - ixdy
   - janetkuo
-  - kargakis
   - kow3ns # for test/e2e/statefulset.go
   - krousey
   - liggitt
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ approvers:
   - gmarek
   - ixdy
   - janetkuo
-  - kargakis
   - kow3ns # for test/e2e/statefulset.go
   - krousey
   - liggitt