diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/cms-team-pre-refinement.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/cms-team-pre-refinement.yml
index 6de8afd183..8d4fd53e62 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/cms-team-pre-refinement.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/cms-team-pre-refinement.yml
@@ -9,14 +9,7 @@ labels:
 projects:
   - "department-of-veterans-affairs/1043"
   - "department-of-veterans-affairs/1044"
-assignees:
-  - ariperez
-  - edmund-dunn
-  - juntaoluo
-  - ndouglas
-  - olivereri
-  - teeshe
-  - tonytaylor
+assignees: []
 body:
   - type: textarea
     attributes: