diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/create/create_animation_pointcache.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/create/create_animation_pointcache.py
index 6fe078f2ad..739a0fbb26 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/create/create_animation_pointcache.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/create/create_animation_pointcache.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from openpype.hosts.maya.api import lib, plugin
 from openpype.lib import (
     BoolDef,
     NumberDef,
+    TextDef,
 )
 from openpype.pipeline import CreatedInstance
 
@@ -30,6 +31,21 @@ def _get_animation_attr_defs(cls):
     return defs
 
 
+def _get_legacy_attr_defs(cls):
+    """These attributes are defined to hide legacy attributes in the publisher
+    from the user."""
+    return [
+        BoolDef("writeColorSets", label="writeColorSets", hidden=True),
+        BoolDef("writeNormals", label="writeNormals", hidden=True),
+        BoolDef("writeFaceSets", label="writeFaceSets", hidden=True),
+        BoolDef("renderableOnly", label="renderableOnly", hidden=True),
+        BoolDef("visibleOnly", label="visibleOnly", hidden=True),
+        BoolDef("worldSpace", label="worldSpace", hidden=True),
+        TextDef("attr", label="attr", hidden=True),
+        TextDef("attrPrefix", label="attrPrefix", hidden=True),
+    ]
+
+
 class CreateAnimation(plugin.MayaHiddenCreator):
     """Animation output for character rigs
 
@@ -64,6 +80,7 @@ class CreateAnimation(plugin.MayaHiddenCreator):
     def get_instance_attr_defs(self):
         super(CreateAnimation, self).get_instance_attr_defs()
         defs = _get_animation_attr_defs(self)
+        defs += _get_legacy_attr_defs(self)
         return defs
 
 
@@ -93,6 +110,7 @@ class CreatePointCache(plugin.MayaCreator):
     def get_instance_attr_defs(self):
         super(CreatePointCache, self).get_instance_attr_defs()
         defs = _get_animation_attr_defs(self)
+        defs += _get_legacy_attr_defs(self)
         return defs
 
     def create(self, subset_name, instance_data, pre_create_data):
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_animation.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_animation.py
index 33b3d102c2..8628622bdd 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_animation.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_animation.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class CollectAnimationOutputGeometry(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
 
     order = pyblish.api.CollectorOrder + 0.4
     families = ["animation"]
-    label = "Collect Animation Output Geometry"
+    label = "Collect Animation"
     hosts = ["maya"]
 
     ignore_type = ["constraints"]
@@ -57,3 +57,8 @@ class CollectAnimationOutputGeometry(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
 
         if instance.data.get("farm"):
             instance.data["families"].append("publish.farm")
+
+        # User defined attributes.
+        instance.data["includeUserDefinedAttributes"] = (
+            instance.data["creator_attributes"]["includeUserDefinedAttributes"]
+        )
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_pointcache.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_pointcache.py
index 5578a57f31..8b4289ed80 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_pointcache.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_pointcache.py
@@ -45,3 +45,8 @@ class CollectPointcache(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         if proxy_set:
             instance.remove(proxy_set)
             instance.data["setMembers"].remove(proxy_set)
+
+        # User defined attributes.
+        instance.data["includeUserDefinedAttributes"] = (
+            instance.data["creator_attributes"]["includeUserDefinedAttributes"]
+        )
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_pointcache.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_pointcache.py
index 26957b02f5..68fadef6ca 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_pointcache.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_pointcache.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class ExtractAlembic(publish.Extractor, OpenPypePyblishPluginMixin):
     preRollStartFrame = 0
     pythonPerFrameCallback = ""
     pythonPostJobCallback = ""
-    stripNamespaces = -1
     userAttr = ""
     userAttrPrefix = ""
     export_overrides = []
@@ -257,22 +256,6 @@ class ExtractAlembic(publish.Extractor, OpenPypePyblishPluginMixin):
                     "label": "pythonPostJobCallback",
                 }
             },
-            "stripNamespaces": {
-                "def": NumberDef,
-                "kwargs": {
-                    "label": "stripNamespaces",
-                    "tooltip": (
-                        "If this flag is present namespaces will be stripped "
-                        "off of the node before being written to Alembic. The "
-                        "int after the flag specifies how many namespaces will"
-                        " be stripped off of the node name. Be careful that "
-                        "the new stripped name does not collide with other "
-                        "sibling node names.\n\nExamples:\n taco:foo:bar would"
-                        " be written as just bar with -sn 0\ntaco:foo:bar "
-                        "would be written as foo:bar with -sn 1"
-                    ),
-                }
-            },
             "userAttr": {
                 "def": TextDef,
                 "kwargs": {
diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
index 03c6f79eff..6d85c8e394 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
@@ -562,7 +562,8 @@
             "includeParentHierarchy": false,
             "farm": false,
             "priority": 50,
-            "refresh": false
+            "refresh": false,
+            "include_user_defined_attributes": false
         },
         "CreateModel": {
             "enabled": true,
@@ -1112,7 +1113,6 @@
             ],
             "flags": [
                 "stripNamespaces",
-                "writeColorSets",
                 "writeNormals",
                 "worldSpace"
             ],
@@ -1131,6 +1131,7 @@
                 "attr",
                 "attrPrefix",
                 "worldSpace",
+                "writeColorSets",
                 "writeNormals",
                 "writeFaceSets",
                 "renderableOnly",