diff --git a/OWNERS_ALIASES b/OWNERS_ALIASES
index 8441526d1a3..3a31bad06e7 100644
--- a/OWNERS_ALIASES
+++ b/OWNERS_ALIASES
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ aliases:
     - mrunalp
     - klueska
     - SergeyKanzhelev
+    - tallclair
   # emeretus:
   # - dashpole
   # - vishh
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ aliases:
     - rphillips
     - kannon92
     - ffromani
+    - tallclair
   sig-network-approvers:
     - andrewsykim
     - aojea
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/OWNERS b/pkg/kubelet/OWNERS
index 241963d4771..88106742f82 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/OWNERS
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/OWNERS
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ emeritus_approvers:
   - vishh
 reviewers:
   - sig-node-reviewers # see https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/OWNERS_ALIASES#LC220:~:text=sig%2Dnode%2Dreviewers
-  - tallclair
 labels:
   - area/kubelet
   - sig/node
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/prober/OWNERS b/pkg/kubelet/prober/OWNERS
deleted file mode 100644
index ec9e7a35668..00000000000
--- a/pkg/kubelet/prober/OWNERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# See the OWNERS docs at https://go.k8s.io/owners
-
-approvers:
-  - tallclair
-  - sig-node-approvers