diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index b6892aa4ee..1b4cae3aaa 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -153,12 +153,12 @@ tools/vim/*           @hammondkd
 unittest/*            @akohlmey
 
 # cmake
-cmake/*               @rbberger
+cmake/*               @akohlmey
 cmake/Modules/LAMMPSInterfacePlugin.cmake @akohlmey
 cmake/Modules/MPI4WIN.cmake @akohlmey
 cmake/Modules/OpenCLLoader.cmake @akohlmey
-cmake/Modules/Packages/COLVARS.cmake @rbberger @giacomofiorin
-cmake/Modules/Packages/KIM.cmake @rbberger @ellio167
+cmake/Modules/Packages/COLVARS.cmake @giacomofiorin
+cmake/Modules/Packages/KIM.cmake @ellio167
 cmake/presets/*.cmake @akohlmey
 
 # python
diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b0b069556..28e02bbee7 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 ########################################
 # CMake build system
 # This file is part of LAMMPS
-# Created by Christoph Junghans and Richard Berger
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 ########################################
 # set policy to silence warnings about ignoring <PackageName>_ROOT but use it