diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_mesh_ngons.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_mesh_ngons.py
index e8cc019b527..839aab0d0b1 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_mesh_ngons.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_mesh_ngons.py
@@ -7,21 +7,6 @@
 from openpype.hosts.maya.api import lib
 
 
-def polyConstraint(objects, *args, **kwargs):
-    kwargs.pop('mode', None)
-
-    with lib.no_undo(flush=False):
-        with maya.maintained_selection():
-            with lib.reset_polySelectConstraint():
-                cmds.select(objects, r=1, noExpand=True)
-                # Acting as 'polyCleanupArgList' for n-sided polygon selection
-                cmds.polySelectConstraint(*args, mode=3, **kwargs)
-                result = cmds.ls(selection=True)
-                cmds.select(clear=True)
-
-    return result
-
-
 class ValidateMeshNgons(pyblish.api.Validator):
     """Ensure that meshes don't have ngons
 
@@ -41,8 +26,17 @@ class ValidateMeshNgons(pyblish.api.Validator):
     @staticmethod
     def get_invalid(instance):
 
-        meshes = cmds.ls(instance, type='mesh')
-        return polyConstraint(meshes, type=8, size=3)
+        meshes = cmds.ls(instance, type='mesh', long=True)
+
+        # Get all faces
+        faces = ['{0}.f[*]'.format(node) for node in meshes]
+
+        # Filter to n-sided polygon faces (ngons)
+        invalid = lib.polyConstraint(faces,
+                                     t=0x0008,  # type=face
+                                     size=3)    # size=nsided
+
+        return invalid
 
     def process(self, instance):
         """Process all the nodes in the instance "objectSet"""