diff --git a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Pipeline/SceneAPIExt/Behaviors/ActorGroupBehavior.cpp b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Pipeline/SceneAPIExt/Behaviors/ActorGroupBehavior.cpp
index f1f1361585..d89e41f1a6 100644
--- a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Pipeline/SceneAPIExt/Behaviors/ActorGroupBehavior.cpp
+++ b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Pipeline/SceneAPIExt/Behaviors/ActorGroupBehavior.cpp
@@ -176,19 +176,10 @@ namespace EMotionFX
                     return AZ::SceneAPI::Events::ProcessingResult::Ignored;
                 }
 
-                const bool hasBoneData = AZ::SceneAPI::Utilities::DoesSceneGraphContainDataLike<AZ::SceneAPI::DataTypes::IBoneData>(scene, true);
+                // Skip adding the actor group if it doesn't contain any skin and blendshape data.
                 const bool hasSkinData = AZ::SceneAPI::Utilities::DoesSceneGraphContainDataLike<AZ::SceneAPI::DataTypes::ISkinWeightData>(scene, true);
-                const bool hasBlendShapeData =
-                    AZ::SceneAPI::Utilities::DoesSceneGraphContainDataLike<AZ::SceneAPI::DataTypes::IBlendShapeData>(scene, true);
-                // Skip adding the actor group if it doesn't contain any bone, skin and blendshape data.
-                if (!hasBoneData && !hasSkinData && !hasBlendShapeData)
-                {
-                    return AZ::SceneAPI::Events::ProcessingResult::Ignored;
-                }
-                
-                const bool hasAnimationData = AZ::SceneAPI::Utilities::DoesSceneGraphContainDataLike<AZ::SceneAPI::DataTypes::IAnimationData>(scene, true);
-                // Skip adding the actor group if it contains animation data but doesn't contain any skin or blendshape data.
-                if (hasAnimationData && !hasSkinData && !hasBlendShapeData)
+                const bool hasBlendShapeData = AZ::SceneAPI::Utilities::DoesSceneGraphContainDataLike<AZ::SceneAPI::DataTypes::IBlendShapeData>(scene, true);
+                if (!hasSkinData && !hasBlendShapeData)
                 {
                     return AZ::SceneAPI::Events::ProcessingResult::Ignored;
                 }
@@ -197,7 +188,7 @@ namespace EMotionFX
                 AZStd::shared_ptr<Group::ActorGroup> group = AZStd::make_shared<Group::ActorGroup>();
 
                 // This is a group that's generated automatically so may not be saved to disk but would need to be recreated
-                //      in the same way again. To guarantee the same uuid, generate a stable one instead.
+                // in the same way again. To guarantee the same uuid, generate a stable one instead.
                 group->OverrideId(AZ::SceneAPI::DataTypes::Utilities::CreateStableUuid(scene, Group::ActorGroup::TYPEINFO_Uuid()));
 
                 EBUS_EVENT(AZ::SceneAPI::Events::ManifestMetaInfoBus, InitializeObject, scene, *group);
diff --git a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Pipeline/SceneAPIExt/Groups/ActorGroup.cpp b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Pipeline/SceneAPIExt/Groups/ActorGroup.cpp
index 9e080fca3b..90c25c575f 100644
--- a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Pipeline/SceneAPIExt/Groups/ActorGroup.cpp
+++ b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Pipeline/SceneAPIExt/Groups/ActorGroup.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ namespace EMotionFX
 
                 serializeContext->Class<IActorGroup, AZ::SceneAPI::DataTypes::IGroup>()->Version(3, IActorGroupVersionConverter);
 
-                serializeContext->Class<ActorGroup, IActorGroup>()->Version(6, ActorVersionConverter)
+                serializeContext->Class<ActorGroup, IActorGroup>()->Version(7, ActorVersionConverter)
                     ->Field("name", &ActorGroup::m_name)
                     ->Field("selectedRootBone", &ActorGroup::m_selectedRootBone)
                     ->Field("id", &ActorGroup::m_id)