diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
index 988c0e777a..f0a38eee29 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@
                 "current_context": [
                     {
                         "subset_name_filters": [
-                            "\".+[Mm]ain\""
+                            ".+[Mm]ain"
                         ],
                         "families": [
                             "model"