diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_color_transcode.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_color_transcode.py
index 4892a00fbe..a6fa710425 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_color_transcode.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_color_transcode.py
@@ -190,12 +190,6 @@ class ExtractOIIOTranscode(publish.Extractor):
 
         for repre in tuple(instance.data["representations"]):
             tags = repre.get("tags") or []
-            # TODO implement better way, for now do not delete new repre
-            # new repre might have 'delete' tag to removed, but it first must
-            # be there for review to be created
-            if "newly_added" in tags:
-                tags.remove("newly_added")
-                continue
             if "delete" in tags and "thumbnail" not in tags:
                 instance.data["representations"].remove(repre)