diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/question.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/question.md
index 20c94a9..bca4fea 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/question.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/question.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: ask a question
 about: ask us question - assume stackoverflow's guidelines apply here
 title: 'q: ( your question title goes here )'
 labels: 'kind/question, status/triage, area/v2'
-assignees: lynncyrin
+assignees: ''
 
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diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/v1-bug-report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/v1-bug-report.md
index cb91610..aabfe82 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/v1-bug-report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/v1-bug-report.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: v1 bug report
 about: Create a report to help us fix v1 bugs
 title: 'v1 bug: ( your bug title goes here )'
 labels: 'kind/bug, status/triage, area/v1'
-assignees: lynncyrin
+assignees: ''
 
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