diff --git a/openpype/pipeline/anatomy.py b/openpype/pipeline/anatomy.py
index fd32a16bb2..908dc2b187 100644
--- a/openpype/pipeline/anatomy.py
+++ b/openpype/pipeline/anatomy.py
@@ -333,8 +333,6 @@ class BaseAnatomy(object):
 
         Probably should fill missing keys and values.
         """
-        if not project_doc:
-            return {}
 
         output = copy.deepcopy(project_doc["config"])
         output["attributes"] = copy.deepcopy(project_doc["data"])