diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/api/lib.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/api/lib.py
index 9db055779d..29a893cf12 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/api/lib.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/api/lib.py
@@ -1054,3 +1054,39 @@ def add_self_publish_button(node):
     template = node.parmTemplateGroup()
     template.insertBefore((0,), button_parm)
     node.setParmTemplateGroup(template)
+
+
+def create_file_list(match, start_frame, end_frame):
+    """Collect files based on frame range and `regex.match`
+
+    Args:
+        match(re.match): match object
+        start_frame(int): start of the animation
+        end_frame(int): end of the animation
+
+    Returns:
+        list
+
+    """
+
+    # Get the padding length
+    frame = match.group(1)
+    padding = len(frame)
+
+    # Get the parts of the filename surrounding the frame number,
+    # so we can put our own frame numbers in.
+    span = match.span(1)
+    prefix = match.string[: span[0]]
+    suffix = match.string[span[1]:]
+
+    # Generate filenames for all frames
+    result = []
+    for i in range(start_frame, end_frame + 1):
+
+        # Format frame number by the padding amount
+        str_frame = "{number:0{width}d}".format(number=i, width=padding)
+
+        file_name = prefix + str_frame + suffix
+        result.append(file_name)
+
+    return result
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diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_frames.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_frames.py
index a643ab0d38..6931f29e1c 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_frames.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_frames.py
@@ -54,46 +54,10 @@ class CollectFrames(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             # Check if frames are bigger than 1 (file collection)
             # override the result
             if end_frame - start_frame > 0:
-                result = self.create_file_list(
+                result = lib.create_file_list(
                     match, int(start_frame), int(end_frame)
                 )
 
         # todo: `frames` currently conflicts with "explicit frames" for a
         #       for a custom frame list. So this should be refactored.
         instance.data.update({"frames": result})
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def create_file_list(match, start_frame, end_frame):
-        """Collect files based on frame range and `regex.match`
-
-        Args:
-            match(re.match): match object
-            start_frame(int): start of the animation
-            end_frame(int): end of the animation
-
-        Returns:
-            list
-
-        """
-
-        # Get the padding length
-        frame = match.group(1)
-        padding = len(frame)
-
-        # Get the parts of the filename surrounding the frame number,
-        # so we can put our own frame numbers in.
-        span = match.span(1)
-        prefix = match.string[: span[0]]
-        suffix = match.string[span[1]:]
-
-        # Generate filenames for all frames
-        result = []
-        for i in range(start_frame, end_frame + 1):
-
-            # Format frame number by the padding amount
-            str_frame = "{number:0{width}d}".format(number=i, width=padding)
-
-            file_name = prefix + str_frame + suffix
-            result.append(file_name)
-
-        return result