diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index ae7a584f2f..23d782bb99 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ cpp/               @rapidsai/cuml-cpp-codeowners
 python/            @rapidsai/cuml-python-codeowners
 
 #cmake code owners
-**/CMakeLists.txt          @rapidsai/cuml-cmake-codeowners
-**/cmake/                  @rapidsai/cuml-cmake-codeowners
-build.sh                   @rapidsai/cuml-cmake-codeowners
-**/build.sh                @rapidsai/cuml-cmake-codeowners
+CMakeLists.txt @rapidsai/cuml-cmake-codeowners
+*.cmake        @rapidsai/cuml-cmake-codeowners
+**/cmake/      @rapidsai/cuml-cmake-codeowners
 
 #CI code owners
 /.github/                @rapidsai/ci-codeowners