diff --git a/lib/mayaUsd/resources/scripts/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/mayaUsd/resources/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
index 62dd9df118..89d0905156 100644
--- a/lib/mayaUsd/resources/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/mayaUsd/resources/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 list(APPEND scripts_src
+    mayaUsdLibRegisterStrings.mel
     mayaUsdLibRegisterStrings.py
     mayaUsdAddMayaReference.mel
     mayaUsdAddMayaReference.py
diff --git a/lib/mayaUsd/resources/scripts/mayaUsdLibRegisterStrings.mel b/lib/mayaUsd/resources/scripts/mayaUsdLibRegisterStrings.mel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a39afc8f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/mayaUsd/resources/scripts/mayaUsdLibRegisterStrings.mel
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2022 Autodesk
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+
+global proc string getMayaUsdLibString(string $key)
+{
+    return getPluginResource("mayaUsdLib", $key);
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/mayaUsd/resources/scripts/mayaUsdLibRegisterStrings.py b/lib/mayaUsd/resources/scripts/mayaUsdLibRegisterStrings.py
index 657cbca14c..73487df1bd 100644
--- a/lib/mayaUsd/resources/scripts/mayaUsdLibRegisterStrings.py
+++ b/lib/mayaUsd/resources/scripts/mayaUsdLibRegisterStrings.py
@@ -197,10 +197,7 @@ def registerPluginResource(pluginId, stringId, resourceStr):
     '''See registerPluginResource.mel in Maya.
 
     Unfortunately there is no equivalent python version of this MEL proc
-    so we created our own version of it here.
-    
-    We also re-implement it here because we don't want warnings when registering
-    the same string again, which happens when re-loading the plugin.'''
+    so we created our own version of it here.'''
 
     fullId = 'p_%s.%s' % (pluginId, stringId)
     if cmds.displayString(fullId, exists=True):
diff --git a/plugin/adsk/scripts/mayaUSDRegisterStrings.mel b/plugin/adsk/scripts/mayaUSDRegisterStrings.mel
index 6ff000241b..8dd766858f 100644
--- a/plugin/adsk/scripts/mayaUSDRegisterStrings.mel
+++ b/plugin/adsk/scripts/mayaUSDRegisterStrings.mel
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ global proc mayaUSDRegisterStrings()
     python("import mayaUSDRegisterStrings; mayaUSDRegisterStrings.mayaUSDRegisterStrings()");
 
     // Register the strings from the MayaUsd Lib.
+    source "mayaUSDLibRegisterStrings.mel";
     python("import mayaUsdLibRegisterStrings; mayaUsdLibRegisterStrings.mayaUsdLibRegisterStrings()");
 
     // load any localized resources