diff --git a/tools/metrics/histograms/expand_owners.py b/tools/metrics/histograms/expand_owners.py
index cd176513b8..dfbf9ac93f 100644
--- a/tools/metrics/histograms/expand_owners.py
+++ b/tools/metrics/histograms/expand_owners.py
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ def ExtractComponentViaDirmd(path):
   """
   # Verify that the paths are absolute and the root is a parent of the
   # passed in path.
+  return ""
   root_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(*DIR_ABOVE_TOOLS))
   path = os.path.abspath(path)
   if not path.startswith(root_path):