diff --git a/Code/Legacy/CryCommon/WinBase.cpp b/Code/Legacy/CryCommon/WinBase.cpp
index 771cde324e..6e6f5e210a 100644
--- a/Code/Legacy/CryCommon/WinBase.cpp
+++ b/Code/Legacy/CryCommon/WinBase.cpp
@@ -856,18 +856,4 @@ DLL_EXPORT void OutputDebugString(const char* outputString)
 
 #endif
 
-// This code does not have a long life span and will be replaced soon
-#if defined(APPLE) || defined(LINUX) || defined(DEFINE_LEGACY_CRY_FILE_OPERATIONS)
-
-bool CrySetFileAttributes(const char* lpFileName, uint32 dwFileAttributes)
-{
-    //TODO: implement
-    printf("CrySetFileAttributes not properly implemented yet\n");
-    return false;
-}
-
-
-
-#endif //defined(APPLE) || defined(LINUX)
-
 #endif // AZ_TRAIT_LEGACY_CRYCOMMON_USE_WINDOWS_STUBS
diff --git a/Code/Legacy/CryCommon/platform.h b/Code/Legacy/CryCommon/platform.h
index d2251c7091..512f8b4892 100644
--- a/Code/Legacy/CryCommon/platform.h
+++ b/Code/Legacy/CryCommon/platform.h
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ void SetFlags(T& dest, U flags, bool b)
     #include AZ_RESTRICTED_FILE(platform_h)
 #endif
 
-bool   CrySetFileAttributes(const char* lpFileName, uint32 dwFileAttributes);
 threadID CryGetCurrentThreadId();
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
diff --git a/Code/Legacy/CryCommon/platform_impl.cpp b/Code/Legacy/CryCommon/platform_impl.cpp
index 8cbc58ad95..3392c40771 100644
--- a/Code/Legacy/CryCommon/platform_impl.cpp
+++ b/Code/Legacy/CryCommon/platform_impl.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #define PLATFORM_IMPL_H_SECTION_TRAITS 1
 #define PLATFORM_IMPL_H_SECTION_CRYLOWLATENCYSLEEP 2
 #define PLATFORM_IMPL_H_SECTION_CRYGETFILEATTRIBUTES 3
-#define PLATFORM_IMPL_H_SECTION_CRYSETFILEATTRIBUTES 4
 #define PLATFORM_IMPL_H_SECTION_CRY_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STUBS 5
 #define PLATFORM_IMPL_H_SECTION_CRY_SYSTEM_FUNCTIONS 6
 #define PLATFORM_IMPL_H_SECTION_VIRTUAL_ALLOCATORS 7
@@ -238,22 +237,6 @@ void InitRootDir(char szExeFileName[], uint nExeSize, char szExeRootName[], uint
     }
 }
 
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-bool CrySetFileAttributes(const char* lpFileName, uint32 dwFileAttributes)
-{
-#if defined(AZ_RESTRICTED_PLATFORM)
-    #define AZ_RESTRICTED_SECTION PLATFORM_IMPL_H_SECTION_CRYSETFILEATTRIBUTES
-    #include AZ_RESTRICTED_FILE(platform_impl_h)
-#endif
-#if defined(AZ_RESTRICTED_SECTION_IMPLEMENTED)
-#undef AZ_RESTRICTED_SECTION_IMPLEMENTED
-#else
-    AZStd::wstring lpFileNameW;
-    AZStd::to_wstring(lpFileNameW, lpFileName);
-    return SetFileAttributes(lpFileNameW.c_str(), dwFileAttributes) != 0;
-#endif
-}
-
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 threadID CryGetCurrentThreadId()
 {
diff --git a/Code/Legacy/CrySystem/XML/xml.cpp b/Code/Legacy/CrySystem/XML/xml.cpp
index fb0714500c..2356e71518 100644
--- a/Code/Legacy/CrySystem/XML/xml.cpp
+++ b/Code/Legacy/CrySystem/XML/xml.cpp
@@ -1132,7 +1132,10 @@ bool CXmlNode::saveToFile(const char* fileName)
 
 bool CXmlNode::saveToFile([[maybe_unused]] const char* fileName, size_t chunkSize, AZ::IO::HandleType fileHandle)
 {
-    CrySetFileAttributes(fileName, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL);
+    if (AZ::IO::SystemFile::Exists(fileName) && !AZ::IO::SystemFile::IsWritable(fileName))
+    {
+        AZ::IO::SystemFile::SetWritable(fileName, true);
+    }
 
     if (chunkSize < 256 * 1024)   // make at least 256k
     {