diff --git a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_frames.py b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_frames.py
index b001d3757d..a442e74835 100644
--- a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_frames.py
+++ b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_frames.py
@@ -61,24 +61,3 @@ class CollectFrames(plugin.HoudiniInstancePlugin):
         frame_collection.indexes.clear()
         frame_collection.indexes.update(list(range(start_frame, (end_frame + 1))))
         instance.data["frames"] = list(frame_collection)
-
-
-class CollectHDAFrames(plugin.HoudiniInstancePlugin):
-    """Collect all frames which would be saved from HDA nodes"""
-
-    order = pyblish.api.CollectorOrder
-    label = "Collect Frames"
-    families = ["hda"]
-
-    def process(self, instance):
-
-        hda_node = hou.node(instance.data.get("instance_node"))
-        hda_def = hda_node.type().definition()
-
-        file_name = os.path.basename(hda_def.libraryFilePath())
-        staging_dir = os.path.dirname(hda_def.libraryFilePath())
-
-        instance.data.update({
-            "frames": file_name,  # Set frames to the file name by default.
-            "stagingDir": staging_dir
-        })
diff --git a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/extract_hda.py b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/extract_hda.py
index c1c0ed67f2..e4449d11f8 100644
--- a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/extract_hda.py
+++ b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/extract_hda.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import os
 from pprint import pformat
 import hou
 import pyblish.api
@@ -27,12 +28,14 @@ class ExtractHDA(plugin.HoudiniExtractorPlugin):
         if "representations" not in instance.data:
             instance.data["representations"] = []
 
+        file = os.path.basename(hda_def.libraryFilePath())
+        staging_dir = os.path.dirname(hda_def.libraryFilePath())
         self.log.info("Using HDA from {}".format(hda_def.libraryFilePath()))
 
         representation = {
             'name': 'hda',
             'ext': 'hda',
-            'files': instance.data["frames"],
-            "stagingDir": instance.data["stagingDir"],
+            'files': file,
+            "stagingDir": staging_dir,
         }
         instance.data["representations"].append(representation)