diff --git a/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/collect_publishable_instances.py b/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/collect_publishable_instances.py
index 741a2a5af8..b00381b6cf 100644
--- a/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/collect_publishable_instances.py
+++ b/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/collect_publishable_instances.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ class CollectDeadlinePublishableInstances(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             self.log.debug("Publish {}".format(subset_name))
             instance.data["publish"] = True
             instance.data["farm"] = False
-            instance.data["families"].remove("deadline")
         else:
             self.log.debug("Skipping {}".format(subset_name))
             instance.data["publish"] = False