diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_rendersettings.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_rendersettings.py
index a513c8ebc1..023e27de17 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_rendersettings.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_rendersettings.py
@@ -117,13 +117,14 @@ class ValidateRenderSettings(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             cls.log.error("Animation needs to be enabled. Use the same "
                           "frame for start and end to render single frame")
 
-        if renderer != "renderman":
-            if not prefix.lower().startswith(required_prefix):
-                invalid = True
-                cls.log.error(
-                    "Wrong image prefix [ {} ] - doesn't start with: '{}'".format(
-                        prefix, required_prefix)
-                )
+        if renderer != "renderman" and not prefix.lower().startswith(
+                required_prefix):
+            invalid = True
+            cls.log.error(
+                ("Wrong image prefix [ {} ] "
+                 " - doesn't start with: '{}'").format(
+                    prefix, required_prefix)
+            )
 
         if not re.search(cls.R_LAYER_TOKEN, prefix):
             invalid = True
diff --git a/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py b/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py
index 3f036dbca7..347b6ab0fe 100644
--- a/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py
+++ b/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ class MayaSubmitDeadline(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             }
 
         renderer = self._instance.data["renderer"]
-        
+
         # This hack is here because of how Deadline handles Renderman version.
         # it considers everything with `renderman` set as version older than
         # Renderman 22, and so if we are using renderman > 21 we need to set