diff --git a/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/extract_render_local.py b/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/extract_render_local.py
index 19acc86273..825db67e9d 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/extract_render_local.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/extract_render_local.py
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ class NukeRenderLocal(pype.api.Extractor):
 
         self.log.debug("instance collected: {}".format(instance.data))
 
-        # check if slate node available
-        slate_node = instance.data.get("slateNodeName")
-
         first_frame = instance.data.get("frameStart", None)
         last_frame = instance.data.get("frameEnd", None)
         node_subset_name = instance.data.get("name", None)
@@ -83,11 +80,5 @@ class NukeRenderLocal(pype.api.Extractor):
             collection = collections[0]
             instance.data['collection'] = collection
 
-        if slate_node:
-            instance.data['frameStart'] = first_frame + 1
-            self.log.info(
-                'Removing slate frame: `{}`'.format(
-                    instance.data['frameStart']))
-
         self.log.info('Finished render')
         return