diff --git a/openpype/hosts/nuke/api/lib.py b/openpype/hosts/nuke/api/lib.py
index 07f394ec00..390545b806 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/nuke/api/lib.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/nuke/api/lib.py
@@ -3425,34 +3425,6 @@ def create_viewer_profile_string(viewer, display=None, path_like=False):
     return "{} ({})".format(viewer, display)
 
 
-def get_head_filename_without_hashes(original_path, name):
-    """Function to get the renamed head filename without frame hashes
-    To avoid the system being confused on finding the filename with
-    frame hashes if the head of the filename has the hashed symbol
-
-    Examples:
-        >>> get_head_filename_without_hashes("render.####.exr", "baking")
-        render.baking.####.exr
-        >>> get_head_filename_without_hashes("render.%04d.exr", "tag")
-        render.tag.%d.exr
-        >>> get_head_filename_without_hashes("exr.####.exr", "foo")
-        exr.foo.%04d.exr
-
-    Args:
-        original_path (str): the filename with frame hashes
-        name (str): the name of the tags
-
-    Returns:
-        str: the renamed filename with the tag
-    """
-    filename = os.path.basename(original_path)
-
-    def insert_name(matchobj):
-        return "{}.{}".format(name, matchobj.group(0))
-
-    return re.sub(r"(%\d*d)|#+", insert_name, filename)
-
-
 def get_filenames_without_hash(filename, frame_start, frame_end):
     """Get filenames without frame hash
         i.e. "renderCompositingMain.baking.0001.exr"
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/nuke/api/plugin.py b/openpype/hosts/nuke/api/plugin.py
index 81841d17be..c39e3c339d 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/nuke/api/plugin.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/nuke/api/plugin.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ from .lib import (
     get_view_process_node,
     get_viewer_config_from_string,
     deprecated,
-    get_head_filename_without_hashes,
     get_filenames_without_hash
 )
 from .pipeline import (
@@ -816,19 +815,20 @@ class ExporterReviewMov(ExporterReview):
 
         self.log.info("File info was set...")
 
-        self.file = self.fhead + self.name + ".{}".format(self.ext)
-        if ".{}".format(self.ext) not in VIDEO_EXTENSIONS:
-            # filename would be with frame hashes if
-            # the file extension is not in video format
-            filename = get_head_filename_without_hashes(
-                self.path_in, self.name)
-            self.file = filename
-            # make sure the filename are in
-            # correct image output format
-            if ".{}".format(self.ext) not in self.file:
-                filename_no_ext, _ = os.path.splitext(filename)
-                self.file = "{}.{}".format(filename_no_ext, self.ext)
-
+        if ".{}".format(self.ext) in VIDEO_EXTENSIONS:
+            self.file = "{}{}.{}".format(
+                self.fhead, self.name, self.ext)
+        else:
+            # Output is image (or image sequence)
+            # When the file is an image it's possible it
+            # has extra information after the `fhead` that
+            # we want to preserve, e.g. like frame numbers
+            # or frames hashes like `####`
+            filename_no_ext = os.path.splitext(
+                os.path.basename(self.path_in))[0]
+            after_head = filename_no_ext[len(self.fhead):]
+            self.file = "{}{}.{}.{}".format(
+                self.fhead, self.name, after_head, self.ext)
         self.path = os.path.join(
             self.staging_dir, self.file).replace("\\", "/")