diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_look.py b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_look.py
index f883f98412..c7bb1a3e09 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_look.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_look.py
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ def maketx(source, destination, *args):
             "--checknan",
             # use oiio-optimized settings for tile-size, planarconfig, metadata
             "--oiio",
-            "--colorconvert sRGB linear",
             "--filter lanczos3"
         ]
 
@@ -371,6 +370,7 @@ class ExtractLook(pype.api.Extractor):
             )
 
             if linearise:
+                self.log.info("tx: converting sRGB -> linear")
                 colorconvert = "--colorconvert sRGB linear"
             else:
                 colorconvert = ""