diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
index 8643297f02..716e45a6e2 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@
     },
     "RenderSettings": {
         "apply_render_settings": true,
-        "default_render_image_folder": "renders",
+        "default_render_image_folder": "renders/maya",
         "enable_all_lights": false,
         "aov_separator": "underscore",
         "reset_current_frame": false,
         "arnold_renderer": {
-            "image_prefix": "maya/<Scene>/<RenderLayer>/<RenderLayer>_<RenderPass>",
+            "image_prefix": "<Scene>/<RenderLayer>/<RenderLayer>_<RenderPass>",
             "image_format": "exr",
             "multilayer_exr": true,
             "tiled": true,
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@
             "additional_options": []
         },
         "vray_renderer": {
-            "image_prefix": "maya/<scene>/<Layer>/<Layer>",
+            "image_prefix": "<scene>/<Layer>/<Layer>",
             "engine": "1",
             "image_format": "png",
             "aov_list": [],
             "additional_options": []
         },
         "redshift_renderer": {
-            "image_prefix": "maya/<Scene>/<RenderLayer>/<RenderLayer>",
+            "image_prefix": "<Scene>/<RenderLayer>/<RenderLayer>",
             "primary_gi_engine": "0",
             "secondary_gi_engine": "0",
             "image_format": "iff",