diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_node_ids_unique.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_node_ids_unique.py
index 6c838d2b86..6b44a307d2 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_node_ids_unique.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_node_ids_unique.py
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ class ValidateNodeIdsUnique(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
 
         # Take only the ids with more than one member
         invalid = list()
-        _iteritems = getattr(ids, "iteritems", ids.items)
-        for _ids, members in _iteritems():
+        for members in ids.values():
             if len(members) > 1:
                 members_text = "\n".join(
                     "- {}".format(member) for member in sorted(members)