diff --git a/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/plugins/publish/extract_convert_to_exr.py b/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/plugins/publish/extract_convert_to_exr.py
index 522173803b..ab5bbc5e2c 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/plugins/publish/extract_convert_to_exr.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/plugins/publish/extract_convert_to_exr.py
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ class ExtractConvertToEXR(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
 
             if self.replace_pngs:
                 instance.data["representations"].remove(repre)
+
                 for filepath in src_filepaths:
-                    os.remove(filepath)
+                    instance.context.data["cleanupFullPaths"].append(filepath)
 
         instance.data["representations"].extend(new_repres)
         self.log.info(