diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_camera_mayaScene.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_camera_mayaScene.py
index ac696ebdef..8d6c4b5f3c 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_camera_mayaScene.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_camera_mayaScene.py
@@ -181,16 +181,11 @@ class ExtractCameraMayaScene(openpype.api.Extractor):
                     # Fix PLN-178: Don't allow background color to be non-black
                     for cam, (attr, value) in itertools.product(cmds.ls(
                             baked_camera_shapes, type="camera", dag=True,
-                            shapes=True, long=True), attrs.items()):
-                        # the above call still pull in shapes that are not
-                        # cameras, so we filter them out here
-                        if cmds.nodeType(cam) != "camera":
-                            continue
+                            long=True), attrs.items()):
                         plug = "{0}.{1}".format(cam, attr)
                         unlock(plug)
                         cmds.setAttr(plug, value)
 
-
                     self.log.info("Performing extraction..")
                     cmds.select(cmds.ls(members, dag=True,
                                         shapes=True, long=True), noExpand=True)