diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/etcd/OWNERS b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/etcd/OWNERS
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a671f25e7e22..0000000000000
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/etcd/OWNERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-labels:
-  - sig/etcd
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd/OWNERS b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd/OWNERS
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a671f25e7e22..0000000000000
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/etcd/OWNERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-labels:
-  - sig/etcd