diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
deleted file mode 100644
index 1eb59a05..00000000
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# craft-proof moved here from WordCraft's crates/proof; the WordCraft maintainers own it.
-# Confirm these handles before merge (WordCraft has no CODEOWNERS file to copy from).
-/crates/proof/ @dylanmtaylor @aiongg @skylartaylor
-/.github/workflows/proof.yml @dylanmtaylor @aiongg @skylartaylor
diff --git a/crates/proof/README.md b/crates/proof/README.md
index 0019784b..0aab314d 100644
--- a/crates/proof/README.md
+++ b/crates/proof/README.md
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ cargo check -p craft-proof --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
 
 CI: `.github/workflows/proof.yml`.
 
+## Owners
+
+WordCraft maintainers: echelon, dylanmtaylor, aiongg.
+
 ## Licence
 
 MIT OR Apache-2.0. The Language data carries its own licences, recorded in craft-i18n's