diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_look.py b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_look.py
index 4000011520..58196433aa 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_look.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_look.py
@@ -331,10 +331,9 @@ class ExtractLook(pype.api.Extractor):
                                                           maya_path))
 
     def resource_destination(self, instance, filepath, do_maketx):
-
         anatomy = instance.context.data["anatomy"]
 
-        destination_dir = self.create_destination_template(instance, anatomy)
+        resources_dir = instance.data["resourcesDir"]
 
         # Compute destination location
         basename, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(filepath))
@@ -344,7 +343,7 @@ class ExtractLook(pype.api.Extractor):
             ext = ".tx"
 
         return os.path.join(
-            destination_dir, "resources", basename + ext
+            resources_dir, basename + ext
         )
 
     def _process_texture(self, filepath, do_maketx, staging, linearise, force):
@@ -408,61 +407,3 @@ class ExtractLook(pype.api.Extractor):
             return converted, COPY, texture_hash
 
         return filepath, COPY, texture_hash
-
-    def create_destination_template(self, instance, anatomy):
-        """Create a filepath based on the current data available
-
-        Example template:
-            {root}/{project}/{silo}/{asset}/publish/{subset}/v{version:0>3}/
-            {subset}.{representation}
-        Args:
-            instance: the instance to publish
-
-        Returns:
-            file path (str)
-        """
-
-        asset_entity = instance.context["assetEntity"]
-
-        template_data = copy.deepcopy(instance.data["anatomyData"])
-
-        subset_name = instance.data["subset"]
-        self.log.info(subset_name)
-
-        subset = io.find_one({
-            "type": "subset",
-            "name": subset_name,
-            "parent": asset_entity["_id"]
-        })
-
-        # assume there is no version yet, we start at `1`
-        version = None
-        version_number = 1
-        if subset is not None:
-            version = io.find_one(
-                {
-                    "type": "version",
-                    "parent": subset["_id"]
-                },
-                sort=[("name", -1)]
-            )
-
-        # if there is a subset there ought to be version
-        if version is not None:
-            version_number += version["name"]
-
-        if instance.data.get('version'):
-            version_number = int(instance.data.get('version'))
-
-        anatomy = instance.context.data["anatomy"]
-        padding = int(anatomy.templates['render']['padding'])
-
-        template_data.update({
-            "subset": subset_name,
-            "frame": ("#" * padding),
-            "version": version_number,
-            "representation": "TEMP"
-        })
-        anatomy_filled = anatomy.format(template_data)
-
-        return os.path.dirname(anatomy_filled["publish"]["path"])