diff --git a/pype/plugins/global/publish/submit_publish_job.py b/pype/plugins/global/publish/submit_publish_job.py
index 43edc33cba..4ac7d5d73a 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/global/publish/submit_publish_job.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/global/publish/submit_publish_job.py
@@ -431,15 +431,22 @@ class ProcessSubmittedJobOnFarm(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         # go through aovs in expected files
         for aov, files in exp_files[0].items():
             cols, rem = clique.assemble(files)
-            # we shouldn't have any reminders
-            if rem:
-                self.log.warning(
-                    "skipping unexpected files found "
-                    "in sequence: {}".format(rem))
-
-            # but we really expect only one collection, nothing else make sense
-            assert len(cols) == 1, "only one image sequence type is expected"
+            # we shouldn't have any reminders. And if we do, it should
+            # be just one item for single frame renders.
+            if not cols and rem:
+                assert len(rem) == 1, ("Found multiple non related files "
+                                       "to render, don't know what to do "
+                                       "with them.")
+                col = rem[0]
+                _, ext = os.path.splitext(col)
+            else:
+                # but we really expect only one collection.
+                # Nothing else make sense.
+                assert len(cols) == 1, "only one image sequence type is expected"  # noqa: E501
+                _, ext = os.path.splitext(cols[0].tail)
+                col = list(cols[0])
 
+            self.log.debug(col)
             # create subset name `familyTaskSubset_AOV`
             group_name = 'render{}{}{}{}'.format(
                 task[0].upper(), task[1:],
@@ -447,7 +454,11 @@ class ProcessSubmittedJobOnFarm(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
 
             subset_name = '{}_{}'.format(group_name, aov)
 
-            staging = os.path.dirname(list(cols[0])[0])
+            if isinstance(col, (list, tuple)):
+                staging = os.path.dirname(col[0])
+            else:
+                staging = os.path.dirname(col)
+
             success, rootless_staging_dir = (
                 self.anatomy.find_root_template_from_path(staging)
             )
@@ -472,13 +483,16 @@ class ProcessSubmittedJobOnFarm(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             new_instance["subset"] = subset_name
             new_instance["subsetGroup"] = group_name
 
-            ext = cols[0].tail.lstrip(".")
-
             # create represenation
+            if isinstance(col, (list, tuple)):
+                files = [os.path.basename(f) for f in col]
+            else:
+                files = os.path.basename(col)
+
             rep = {
                 "name": ext,
                 "ext": ext,
-                "files": [os.path.basename(f) for f in list(cols[0])],
+                "files": files,
                 "frameStart": int(instance_data.get("frameStartHandle")),
                 "frameEnd": int(instance_data.get("frameEndHandle")),
                 # If expectedFile are absolute, we need only filenames
diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py
index 5840a7b946..74185164b1 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py
@@ -383,16 +383,32 @@ class MayaSubmitDeadline(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         if isinstance(exp[0], dict):
             # we have aovs and we need to iterate over them
             for _aov, files in exp[0].items():
-                col = clique.assemble(files)[0][0]
-                output_file = col.format('{head}{padding}{tail}')
-                payload['JobInfo']['OutputFilename' + str(exp_index)] = output_file  # noqa: E501
+                col, rem = clique.assemble(files)
+                if not col and rem:
+                    # we couldn't find any collections but have
+                    # individual files.
+                    assert len(rem) == 1, ("Found multiple non related files "
+                                           "to render, don't know what to do "
+                                           "with them.")
+                    payload['JobInfo']['OutputFilename' + str(exp_index)] = rem[0]  # noqa: E501
+                    output_file = rem[0]
+                else:
+                    output_file = col.format('{head}{padding}{tail}')
+                    payload['JobInfo']['OutputFilename' + str(exp_index)] = output_file  # noqa: E501
                 output_filenames[exp_index] = output_file
                 exp_index += 1
         else:
-            col = clique.assemble(files)[0][0]
-            output_file = col.format('{head}{padding}{tail}')
-            payload['JobInfo']['OutputFilename' + str(exp_index)] = output_file
-            # OutputFilenames[exp_index] = output_file
+            col, rem = clique.assemble(files)
+            if not col and rem:
+                # we couldn't find any collections but have
+                # individual files.
+                assert len(rem) == 1, ("Found multiple non related files "
+                                       "to render, don't know what to do "
+                                       "with them.")
+                payload['JobInfo']['OutputFilename' + str(exp_index)] = rem[0]  # noqa: E501
+            else:
+                output_file = col.format('{head}{padding}{tail}')
+                payload['JobInfo']['OutputFilename' + str(exp_index)] = output_file  # noqa: E501
 
         plugin = payload["JobInfo"]["Plugin"]
         self.log.info("using render plugin : {}".format(plugin))