diff --git a/utils/check-commit.sh b/utils/check-commit.sh
index 278687795c7ddde277e23817a7dcc4a03e0d6156..5eae62e1e493011673fddf11134109533d458b4e 100755
--- a/utils/check-commit.sh
+++ b/utils/check-commit.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # valid area names
-AREAS="pmem\|rpmem\|log\|blk\|obj\|pool\|test\|benchmark\|examples\|vmem\|vmmalloc\|jemalloc\|doc\|common\|cto\|daxio\|pmreorder"
+AREAS="pmem\|rpmem\|log\|blk\|obj\|pool\|test\|benchmark\|examples\|vmem\|vmmalloc\|jemalloc\|doc\|common\|daxio\|pmreorder"
 
 # Check commit message
 for commit in $commits; do