diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/determine_future_version.py b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/determine_future_version.py
index 72dbf719d7..afa249aca2 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/determine_future_version.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/determine_future_version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import pyblish
-from avalon import api, io
-
 
 class DetermineFutureVersion(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     """
@@ -20,66 +18,11 @@ class DetermineFutureVersion(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
 
         for i in context:
             if i.data["subset"] in attach_to_subsets:
-                latest_version = self._get_latest_version(i.data["subset"])
-
-                # this will get corresponding subset in attachTo list
-                # so we can set version there
+                # # this will get corresponding subset in attachTo list
+                # # so we can set version there
                 sub = next(item for item in instance.data['attachTo'] if item["subset"] == i.data["subset"])  # noqa: E501
 
-                if not latest_version:
-                    # if latest_version is None, subset is not yet in
-                    # database so we'll check its instance to see if version
-                    # is there and use that, or we'll just stay with v1
-                    latest_version = i.data.get("version", 1)
-
-                sub["version"] = latest_version
+                sub["version"] = i.data.get("version", 1)
                 self.log.info("render will be attached to {} v{}".format(
                         sub["subset"], sub["version"]
                 ))
-
-    def _get_latest_version(self, subset):
-        latest_version = None
-
-        project_name = api.Session["AVALON_PROJECT"]
-        asset_name = api.Session["AVALON_ASSET"]
-
-        project_entity = io.find_one({
-            "type": "project",
-            "name": project_name
-        })
-
-        assert project_entity, (
-            "Project '{0}' was not found."
-        ).format(project_name)
-
-        asset_entity = io.find_one({
-            "type": "asset",
-            "name": asset_name,
-            "parent": project_entity["_id"]
-        })
-        assert asset_entity, (
-            "No asset found by the name '{0}' in project '{1}'"
-        ).format(asset_name, project_name)
-
-        if asset_entity:
-            subset_entity = io.find_one({
-                "type": "subset",
-                "name": subset,
-                "parent": asset_entity["_id"]
-            })
-
-            if subset_entity is None:
-                self.log.info("Subset entity does not exist yet.")
-                pass
-
-            else:
-                version_entity = io.find_one(
-                    {
-                        "type": "version",
-                        "parent": subset_entity["_id"]
-                    },
-                    sort=[("name", -1)]
-                )
-                if version_entity:
-                    latest_version = version_entity["name"]
-        return latest_version