diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
index 3c7277121c..a4e5d4f8df 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ class ExtractThumbnail(publish.Extractor):
             "Create temp directory {} for thumbnail".format(dst_staging)
         )
         # Store new staging to cleanup paths
-        if not instance.data.get("stagingDir_persistent", False):
-            instance.context.data["cleanupFullPaths"].append(dst_staging)
         filename = "{0}".format(instance.name)
         path = os.path.join(dst_staging, filename)