diff --git a/colorbleed/plugins/maya/publish/validate_namespace_empty.py b/colorbleed/plugins/maya/publish/validate_namespace_empty.py
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--- a/colorbleed/plugins/maya/publish/validate_namespace_empty.py
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@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-from maya import cmds
-
-import pyblish.api
-import colorbleed.api
-
-
-class ValidateNamespaceEmpty(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
-    """Validate there are no empty namespaces in the scene.
-
-    This is a scene wide validation that filters out "UI" and "shared"
-    namespaces that exist by default in Maya and are mostly hidden.
-
-    A namespace that has other namespaces in it is *not* considered empty.
-    Only those that have no children namespaces or nodes is considered empty.
-
-    """
-
-    order = colorbleed.api.ValidateSceneOrder
-    hosts = ["maya"]
-    families = ["colorbleed.model"]
-    label = "No Empty Namespaces"
-
-    def process(self, context):
-        """Process the Context"""
-        all_namespaces = cmds.namespaceInfo(":",
-                                            listOnlyNamespaces=True,
-                                            recurse=True)
-        non_internal_namespaces = [ns for ns in all_namespaces
-                                   if ns not in ["UI", "shared"]]
-
-        invalid = []
-        for namespace in non_internal_namespaces:
-            namespace_content = cmds.namespaceInfo(namespace,
-                                                   listNamespace=True,
-                                                   recurse=True)
-            if not namespace_content:
-                invalid.append(namespace)
-
-        assert not invalid, ("Empty namespaces found: {0}".format(invalid))