diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/api/fbx.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/api/fbx.py
index 9092aaec23..c06ba12719 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/api/fbx.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/api/fbx.py
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ class FBXExtractor:
             "upAxis": str,  # x, y or z,
             "triangulate": bool,
             "FileVersion": str,
-            "skeletonDefinitions": bool
+            "skeletonDefinitions": bool,
+            "referencedAssetsContent": bool
         }
 
     @property
@@ -97,7 +98,6 @@ class FBXExtractor:
             "bakeComplexEnd": end_frame,
             "bakeComplexStep": 1,
             "bakeResampleAnimation": True,
-            "animationOnly": False,
             "useSceneName": False,
             "quaternion": "euler",
             "shapes": True,
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ class FBXExtractor:
             "upAxis": "y",
             "triangulate": False,
             "fileVersion": "FBX202000",
-            "skeletonDefinitions": False
+            "skeletonDefinitions": False,
+            "referencedAssetsContent": False
         }
 
     def __init__(self, log=None):
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_fbx_animation.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_fbx_animation.py
index ef8b22d452..8e96d46344 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_fbx_animation.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_fbx_animation.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import os
 
 from maya import cmds  # noqa
+import maya.mel as mel
 import pyblish.api
 
 from openpype.pipeline import publish
@@ -36,14 +37,12 @@ class ExtractRigFBX(publish.Extractor,
         # to format it into a string in a mel expression
         fbx_exporter = fbx.FBXExtractor(log=self.log)
         out_set = instance.data.get("animated_skeleton", [])
-
+        # Export
         instance.data["constraints"] = True
         instance.data["skeletonDefinitions"] = True
-        instance.data["animationOnly"] = True
+        instance.data["referencedAssetsContent"] = True
 
         fbx_exporter.set_options_from_instance(instance)
-
-        # Export
         fbx_exporter.export(out_set, path.replace("\\", "/"))
 
         if "representations" not in instance.data: