diff --git a/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_primitive_hierarchy_paths.py b/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_primitive_hierarchy_paths.py
index 3da5665f58..0d84aa7db8 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_primitive_hierarchy_paths.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_primitive_hierarchy_paths.py
@@ -70,14 +70,6 @@ class ValidatePrimitiveHierarchyPaths(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
 
         cls.log.debug("Checking for attribute: %s", path_attr)
 
-        if not hasattr(output_node, "geometry"):
-            # In the case someone has explicitly set an Object
-            # node instead of a SOP node in Geometry context
-            # then for now we ignore - this allows us to also
-            # export object transforms.
-            cls.log.warning("No geometry output node found, skipping check..")
-            return
-
         if not hasattr(output_node, "geometry"):
             # In the case someone has explicitly set an Object
             # node instead of a SOP node in Geometry context
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/max/api/plugin.py b/openpype/hosts/max/api/plugin.py
index 36b4ea32d4..d8db716e6d 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/max/api/plugin.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/max/api/plugin.py
@@ -78,9 +78,7 @@ MS_CUSTOM_ATTRIB = """attributes "openPypeData"
                 if idx do (
                     continue
                 )
-
                 name = c as string
-
                 append temp_arr handle_name
                 append i_node_arr node_ref
                 append sel_list name