diff --git a/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/help/validate_vdb_input_node.xml b/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/help/validate_vdb_output_node.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/help/validate_vdb_input_node.xml
rename to openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/help/validate_vdb_output_node.xml
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_vdb_input_node.py b/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_vdb_input_node.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f9ccc9c42..0000000000
--- a/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_vdb_input_node.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-import pyblish.api
-from openpype.pipeline import (
-    PublishValidationError
-)
-
-
-class ValidateVDBInputNode(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
-    """Validate that the node connected to the output node is of type VDB.
-
-    Regardless of the amount of VDBs create the output will need to have an
-    equal amount of VDBs, points, primitives and vertices
-
-    A VDB is an inherited type of Prim, holds the following data:
-        - Primitives: 1
-        - Points: 1
-        - Vertices: 1
-        - VDBs: 1
-
-    """
-
-    order = pyblish.api.ValidatorOrder + 0.1
-    families = ["vdbcache"]
-    hosts = ["houdini"]
-    label = "Validate Input Node (VDB)"
-
-    def process(self, instance):
-        invalid = self.get_invalid(instance)
-        if invalid:
-            raise PublishValidationError(
-                self,
-                "Node connected to the output node is not of type VDB",
-                title=self.label
-            )
-
-    @classmethod
-    def get_invalid(cls, instance):
-
-        node = instance.data["output_node"]
-
-        prims = node.geometry().prims()
-        nr_of_prims = len(prims)
-
-        nr_of_points = len(node.geometry().points())
-        if nr_of_points != nr_of_prims:
-            cls.log.error("The number of primitives and points do not match")
-            return [instance]
-
-        for prim in prims:
-            if prim.numVertices() != 1:
-                cls.log.error("Found primitive with more than 1 vertex!")
-                return [instance]
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_vdb_output_node.py b/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_vdb_output_node.py
index e7908ab119..ee3b9a0a6a 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_vdb_output_node.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/validate_vdb_output_node.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import pyblish.api
 import hou
-from openpype.pipeline import PublishValidationError
-import clique
+from openpype.pipeline import PublishXmlValidationError
 
 
 class ValidateVDBOutputNode(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
@@ -27,9 +26,9 @@ class ValidateVDBOutputNode(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     def process(self, instance):
         invalid = self.get_invalid(instance)
         if invalid:
-            raise PublishValidationError(
-                "Node connected to the output node is not" " of type VDB!",
-                title=self.label
+            raise PublishXmlValidationError(
+                self,
+                "Node connected to the output node is not" " of type VDB!"
             )
 
     @classmethod
@@ -62,16 +61,16 @@ class ValidateVDBOutputNode(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             if not isinstance(prim, hou.VDB):
                 invalid_prims.append(prim)
         if invalid_prims:
-            # Log all invalid primitives in a short readable way, like 0-5
-            collections, remainder = clique.assemble(
-                    str(prim.number()) for prim in invalid_prims
+            # TODO Log all invalid primitives in a short readable way, like 0-5
+            # This logging can be really slow for many primitives, say 20000+
+            # which might be fixed by logging only consecutive ranges
+            cls.log.error(
+                "Found non-VDB primitives for '{}', "
+                "primitive indices: {}".format(
+                    node.path(),
+                    ", ".join(prim.number() for prim in invalid_prims)
+                )
             )
-            collection = collections[0]
-            cls.log.error("Found non-VDB primitives for '{}', "
-                          "primitive indices: {}".format(
-                node.path(),
-                collection.format("{ranges}")
-            ))
             return [instance]
 
         nr_of_points = len(geometry.points())