diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_fbx_animation.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_fbx_animation.py
index d89236a73c..ff7d068d7d 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_fbx_animation.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_fbx_animation.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class CollectFbxAnimation(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
             if i.lower().endswith("skeletonanim_set")
         ]
         if skeleton_sets:
-            instance.data["families"] += ["animation.fbx"]
+            instance.data["families"].append("animation.fbx")
             instance.data["animated_skeleton"] = []
             for skeleton_set in skeleton_sets:
                 skeleton_content = cmds.sets(skeleton_set, query=True)
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_animated_reference.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_animated_reference.py
index 63c0b6958d..c1b5a2852d 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_animated_reference.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_animated_reference.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import pyblish.api
-import openpype.hosts.maya.api.action
 from openpype.pipeline.publish import (
     PublishValidationError,
     ValidateContentsOrder
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ class ValidateAnimatedReferenceRig(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     hosts = ["maya"]
     families = ["animation.fbx"]
     label = "Animated Reference Rig"
-    actions = [openpype.hosts.maya.api.action.SelectInvalidAction]
     accepted_controllers = ["transform", "locator"]
 
     def process(self, instance):