diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ebdc0f6d..dfe72e90 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ workflows:
 jobs:
   test:
     machine:
-      image: "ubuntu-2204:2022.04.2"
+      image: "ubuntu-2404:2024.05.1"
     parameters:
       go_version:
         type: string
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@ jobs:
           version: << parameters.go_version >>
       - run: |
           go version
-          go get -u golang.org/x/lint/golint
           make docker-test
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c88c6e7..00000000
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-.github/ @algorand/devops
-.circleci/ @algorand/devops