diff --git a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/create/create_hda.py b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/create/create_hda.py
index 4313f6f17c..820617b648 100644
--- a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/create/create_hda.py
+++ b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/create/create_hda.py
@@ -2,13 +2,6 @@
 """Creator plugin for creating publishable Houdini Digital Assets."""
 import hou
 
-try:
-    # Houdini 20+
-    from assettools import setTabSubMenu
-except ImportError:
-    # Fallback for older Houdini
-    from assettools import setToolSubmenu as setTabSubMenu
-
 import ayon_api
 from ayon_core.pipeline import (
     CreatorError,
@@ -22,6 +15,132 @@ from ayon_core.lib import (
 from ayon_houdini.api import plugin
 
 
+# region assettools
+# logic based onHou 19.5.752 assettools.py because this logic was removed
+# in Hou 20+
+def get_tool_submenus(hda_def):
+    """Returns the tab submenu entries of this node.
+
+     Note: A node could be placed in multiple entries at once.
+
+    Arguments:
+        hda_def: the HDA Definition by hou.node.type().definition()
+
+    Returns:
+        Optional[list[str]]: A list of submenus
+    """
+
+    import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+    if hda_def.hasSection('Tools.shelf'):
+        sections = hda_def.sections()
+        ts_section = sections['Tools.shelf'].contents()
+        try:
+            root = ET.fromstring(ts_section)
+        except ET.ParseError:
+            return None
+        tool = root[0]
+        submenus = tool.findall('toolSubmenu')
+        if submenus:
+            tool_submenus = []
+            for submenu in submenus:
+                if submenu is not None:
+                    text = submenu.text
+                    if text:
+                        tool_submenus.append(submenu.text)
+            if tool_submenus:
+                return tool_submenus
+            else:
+                return None
+        else:
+            return None
+    else:
+        return None
+
+
+def set_tool_submenu(hda_def,
+                     new_submenu='Digital Assets'):
+    """Sets the tab menu entry for a node.
+
+    Arguments:
+        hda_def: the HDA Definition by hou.node.type().definition()
+        new_submenu (Optional[str]): This will be the new submenu, replacing
+            old_submenu entry
+    """
+
+    context_dict = {
+        'Shop': 'SHOP',
+        'Cop2': 'COP2',
+        'Object': 'OBJ',
+        'Chop': 'CHOP',
+        'Sop': 'SOP',
+        'Vop': 'VOP',
+        'VopNet': 'VOPNET',
+        'Driver': 'ROP',
+        'TOP': 'TOP',
+        'Top': 'TOP',
+        'Lop': 'LOP',
+        'Dop': 'DOP'}
+
+    utils_dict = {
+        'Shop': 'shoptoolutils',
+        'Cop2': 'cop2toolutils',
+        'Object': 'objecttoolutils',
+        'Chop': 'choptoolutils',
+        'Sop': 'soptoolutils',
+        'Vop': 'voptoolutils',
+        'VopNet': 'vopnettoolutils',
+        'Driver': 'drivertoolutils',
+        'TOP': 'toptoolutils',
+        'Top': 'toptoolutils',
+        'Lop': 'loptoolutils',
+        'Dop': 'doptoolutils'}
+
+    if hda_def.hasSection('Tools.shelf'):
+        old_submenu = get_tool_submenus(hda_def)[0]
+    else:
+        # Add default tools shelf section
+        content = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<shelfDocument>
+<!-- This file contains definitions of shelves, toolbars, and tools.
+It should not be hand-edited when it is being used by the application.
+Note, that two definitions of the same element are not allowed in
+a single file. -->
+<tool name="$HDA_DEFAULT_TOOL" label="$HDA_LABEL" icon="$HDA_ICON">
+<toolMenuContext name="viewer">
+<contextNetType>SOP</contextNetType>
+</toolMenuContext>
+<toolMenuContext name="network">
+<contextOpType>$HDA_TABLE_AND_NAME</contextOpType>
+</toolMenuContext>
+<toolSubmenu>Digital Assets</toolSubmenu>
+<script scriptType="python"><![CDATA[import soptoolutils
+soptoolutils.genericTool(kwargs, \'$HDA_NAME\')]]></script>
+</tool>
+</shelfDocument>
+        """
+        
+        nodetype_category_name = hda_def.nodeType().category().name()
+        context = context_dict[nodetype_category_name]
+        util = utils_dict[nodetype_category_name]
+        content = content.replace(
+            "<contextNetType>SOP</contextNetType>",
+            f"<contextNetType>{context}</contextNetType>")
+        content = content.replace('soptoolutils', util)
+        hda_def.addSection('Tools.shelf', content)
+        old_submenu = 'Digital Assets'
+
+    # Replace submenu
+    tools = hda_def.sections()["Tools.shelf"]
+    content = tools.contents()
+    content = content.replace(
+        f"<toolSubmenu>{old_submenu}</toolSubmenu>",
+        f"<toolSubmenu>{new_submenu}</toolSubmenu>"
+    )
+
+    hda_def.addSection('Tools.shelf', content)
+# endregion
+
+
 class CreateHDA(plugin.HoudiniCreator):
     """Publish Houdini Digital Asset file."""
 
@@ -127,7 +246,7 @@ class CreateHDA(plugin.HoudiniCreator):
             hda_def.setUserInfo(get_ayon_username())
 
         if pre_create_data.get("use_project"):
-            setTabSubMenu(hda_def, "AYON/{}".format(self.project_name))
+            set_tool_submenu(hda_def, "AYON/{}".format(self.project_name))
 
         return hda_node