diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_model_name.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_model_name.py
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--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_model_name.py
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@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""Validate model nodes names."""
-import os
-import platform
-import re
-
-import pyblish.api
-from maya import cmds
-
-import ayon_core.hosts.maya.api.action
-from ayon_core.pipeline.publish import (
-    OptionalPyblishPluginMixin,
-    PublishValidationError,
-    ValidateContentsOrder,
-)
-
-
-class ValidateModelName(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
-                        OptionalPyblishPluginMixin):
-    """Validate name of model
-
-    starts with (somename)_###_(materialID)_GEO
-    materialID must be present in list
-    padding number doesn't have limit
-
-    """
-    optional = True
-    order = ValidateContentsOrder
-    hosts = ["maya"]
-    families = ["model"]
-    label = "Model Name"
-    actions = [ayon_core.hosts.maya.api.action.SelectInvalidAction]
-
-    material_file = {
-        "windows": None,
-        "darwin": None,
-        "linux": None,
-    }
-
-    @classmethod
-    def get_invalid(cls, instance):
-        """Get invalid nodes."""
-
-        def is_group(group_name):
-            """Find out if supplied transform is group or not."""
-            try:
-                children = cmds.listRelatives(group_name, children=True)
-                for child in children:
-                    if not cmds.ls(child, transforms=True):
-                        return False
-                return True
-            except Exception:
-                return False
-
-        invalid = []
-        content_instance = instance.data.get("setMembers", None)
-        if not content_instance:
-            cls.log.error("Instance has no nodes!")
-            return True
-        pass
-
-        # validate top level group name
-        assemblies = cmds.ls(content_instance, assemblies=True, long=True)
-        if len(assemblies) != 1:
-            cls.log.error("Must have exactly one top group")
-            return assemblies or True
-        top_group = assemblies[0]
-        regex = cls.top_level_regex
-        r = re.compile(regex)
-        m = r.match(top_group)
-        project_name = instance.context.data["projectName"]
-        current_asset_name = instance.context.data["asset"]
-        if m is None:
-            cls.log.error("invalid name on: {}".format(top_group))
-            cls.log.error("name doesn't match regex {}".format(regex))
-            invalid.append(top_group)
-        else:
-            if "asset" in r.groupindex:
-                if m.group("asset") != current_asset_name:
-                    cls.log.error("Invalid asset name in top level group.")
-                    return top_group
-            if "subset" in r.groupindex:
-                if m.group("subset") != instance.data.get("subset"):
-                    cls.log.error("Invalid subset name in top level group.")
-                    return top_group
-            if "project" in r.groupindex:
-                if m.group("project") != project_name:
-                    cls.log.error("Invalid project name in top level group.")
-                    return top_group
-
-        descendants = cmds.listRelatives(content_instance,
-                                         allDescendents=True,
-                                         fullPath=True) or []
-
-        descendants = cmds.ls(descendants, noIntermediate=True, long=True)
-        trns = cmds.ls(descendants, long=False, type='transform')
-
-        # filter out groups
-        filtered = [node for node in trns if not is_group(node)]
-
-        # load shader list file as utf-8
-        shaders = []
-        material_file = cls.material_file[platform.system().lower()]
-        if material_file:
-            if os.path.isfile(material_file):
-                shader_file = open(material_file, "r")
-                shaders = shader_file.readlines()
-                shader_file.close()
-        else:
-            cls.log.error("Missing shader name definition file.")
-            return True
-
-        # strip line endings from list
-        shaders = [s.rstrip() for s in shaders if s.rstrip()]
-
-        # compile regex for testing names
-        regex = cls.regex
-        r = re.compile(regex)
-
-        for obj in filtered:
-            cls.log.debug("testing: {}".format(obj))
-            m = r.match(obj)
-            if m is None:
-                cls.log.error("invalid name on: {}".format(obj))
-                invalid.append(obj)
-            else:
-                # if we have shader files and shader named group is in
-                # regex, test this group against names in shader file
-                if "shader" in r.groupindex and shaders:
-                    try:
-                        if not m.group('shader') in shaders:
-                            cls.log.error(
-                                "invalid materialID on: {0} ({1})".format(
-                                    obj, m.group('shader')))
-                            invalid.append(obj)
-                    except IndexError:
-                        # shader named group doesn't match
-                        cls.log.error(
-                            "shader group doesn't match: {}".format(obj))
-                        invalid.append(obj)
-
-        return invalid
-
-    def process(self, instance):
-        """Plugin entry point."""
-        if not self.is_active(instance.data):
-            return
-
-        invalid = self.get_invalid(instance)
-
-        if invalid:
-            raise PublishValidationError(
-                "Model naming is invalid. See the log.")