diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_plugin_path_attributes.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_plugin_path_attributes.py
index d672be6fa0..fd71039e30 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_plugin_path_attributes.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_plugin_path_attributes.py
@@ -30,14 +30,18 @@ class ValidatePluginPathAttributes(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     def get_invalid(cls, instance):
         invalid = list()
 
-        file_attrs = cls.attribute
+        file_attrs = {
+            item["name"]: item["value"]
+            for item in cls.attribute
+        }
         if not file_attrs:
             return invalid
 
         # Consider only valid node types to avoid "Unknown object type" warning
         all_node_types = set(cmds.allNodeTypes())
         node_types = [
-            key for key in file_attrs.keys()
+            key
+            for key in file_attrs.keys()
             if key in all_node_types
         ]
 
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/settings/ayon_settings.py b/client/ayon_core/settings/ayon_settings.py
index e9ec2ba650..3d58b8f272 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/settings/ayon_settings.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/settings/ayon_settings.py
@@ -336,12 +336,6 @@ def _convert_maya_project_settings(ayon_settings, output):
     # --- Publish (START) ---
     ayon_publish = ayon_maya["publish"]
 
-    plugin_path_attributes = ayon_publish["ValidatePluginPathAttributes"]
-    plugin_path_attributes["attribute"] = {
-        item["name"]: item["value"]
-        for item in plugin_path_attributes["attribute"]
-    }
-
     ayon_capture_preset = ayon_publish["ExtractPlayblast"]["capture_preset"]
     display_options = ayon_capture_preset["DisplayOptions"]
     for key in ("background", "backgroundBottom", "backgroundTop"):