diff --git a/.mention-bot b/.mention-bot
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--- a/.mention-bot
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-{
-  "numFilesToCheck": 10,
-  "findPotentialReviewers": true,
-  "fileBlacklist": [
-    "Misc/ACKS",
-    "Misc/NEWS",
-    "Doc/whatsnew/*.rst"
-  ],
-  "userBlacklist": ["gvanrossum", "skrah", "haypo"],
-  "userBlacklistForPR": ["benjaminp", "skrah", "berkerpeksag"],
-  "alwaysNotifyForPaths": [
-    {"name": "tiran",
-     "files": [
-       "Doc/library/hashlib.rst", "Doc/library/ssl.rst", "Lib/hashlib.py",
-       "Lib/ssl.py", "Lib/test/test_hashlib.py", "Lib/test/test_ssl.py",
-       "Modules/_hashopenssl.c", "Modules/_ssl*", "Modules/hashlib.h",
-       "Python/pyhash.c", "Include/pyhash.h"]
-    }
-  ]
-}