diff --git a/client/ayon_maya/plugins/publish/validate_resources.py b/client/ayon_maya/plugins/publish/validate_resources.py
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--- a/client/ayon_maya/plugins/publish/validate_resources.py
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@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-import os
-from collections import defaultdict
-
-from ayon_core.pipeline.publish import (
-    PublishValidationError,
-    ValidateContentsOrder,
-)
-from ayon_maya.api import plugin
-
-
-class ValidateResources(plugin.MayaInstancePlugin):
-    """Validates mapped resources.
-
-    These are external files to the current application, for example
-    these could be textures, image planes, cache files or other linked
-    media.
-
-    This validates:
-        - The resources have unique filenames (without extension)
-
-    """
-
-    order = ValidateContentsOrder
-    label = "Resources Unique"
-
-    def process(self, instance):
-
-        resources = instance.data.get("resources", [])
-        if not resources:
-            self.log.debug("No resources to validate..")
-            return
-
-        basenames = defaultdict(set)
-
-        for resource in resources:
-            files = resource.get("files", [])
-            for filename in files:
-
-                # Use normalized paths in comparison and ignore case
-                # sensitivity
-                filename = os.path.normpath(filename).lower()
-
-                basename = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(filename))[0]
-                basenames[basename].add(filename)
-
-        invalid_resources = list()
-        for basename, sources in basenames.items():
-            if len(sources) > 1:
-                invalid_resources.extend(sources)
-
-                self.log.error(
-                    "Non-unique resource name: {0}"
-                    "{0} (sources: {1})".format(
-                        basename,
-                        list(sources)
-                    )
-                )
-
-        if invalid_resources:
-            raise PublishValidationError("Invalid resources in instance.")