diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/system_schema/host_settings/template_host_variant.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/system_schema/host_settings/template_host_variant.json
index 33cde3d216..96a936c27b 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/system_schema/host_settings/template_host_variant.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/system_schema/host_settings/template_host_variant.json
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 [
+    {
+        "__default_values__": {
+            "variant_skip_paths": null
+        }
+    },
     {
         "type": "dict",
         "key": "{app_variant}",
@@ -19,7 +24,8 @@
             },
             {
                 "type": "schema_template",
-                "name": "template_host_variant_items"
+                "name": "template_host_variant_items",
+                "skip_paths": "{variant_skip_paths}"
             }
         ]
     }