diff --git a/AssetImporterSettings.json b/AssetImporterSettings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 134484cf8d..0000000000
--- a/AssetImporterSettings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"SupportedFileTypeExtensions" : [
-		".fbx",
-		".stl",
-		".stp"
-	]
-}
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diff --git a/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/FbxSceneBuilder/DllMain.cpp b/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/FbxSceneBuilder/DllMain.cpp
index 3dc14814de..d3d7b38663 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/FbxSceneBuilder/DllMain.cpp
+++ b/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/FbxSceneBuilder/DllMain.cpp
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ namespace AZ
                 // Currently it's still needed to explicitly create an instance of this instead of letting
                 //      it be a normal component. This is because ResourceCompilerScene needs to return
                 //      the list of available extensions before it can start the application.
-                if (!g_fbxImporter)
-                {
-                    g_fbxImporter = aznew AZ::SceneAPI::FbxSceneImporter::FbxImportRequestHandler();
-                    g_fbxImporter->Activate();
-                }
             }
 
             void Reflect(AZ::SerializeContext* /*context*/)
@@ -64,6 +59,7 @@ namespace AZ
                 {
                     // Global importer and behavior
                     g_componentDescriptors.push_back(FbxSceneBuilder::FbxImporter::CreateDescriptor());
+                    g_componentDescriptors.push_back(FbxSceneImporter::FbxImportRequestHandler::CreateDescriptor());
 
                     // Node and attribute importers
                     g_componentDescriptors.push_back(AssImpBitangentStreamImporter::CreateDescriptor());
diff --git a/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/FbxSceneBuilder/FbxImportRequestHandler.cpp b/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/FbxSceneBuilder/FbxImportRequestHandler.cpp
index 2210abfaf7..d3962cce60 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/FbxSceneBuilder/FbxImportRequestHandler.cpp
+++ b/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/FbxSceneBuilder/FbxImportRequestHandler.cpp
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ namespace AZ
     {
         namespace FbxSceneImporter
         {
-            AssetImporterSettings::AssetImporterSettings()
-            {
-                // Default supported extension in case the settings file isn't found
-                m_supportedFileTypeExtensions.emplace(".fbx");
-            }
-
             void AssetImporterSettings::Reflect(AZ::ReflectContext* context)
             {
                 if (auto serializeContext = azrtti_cast<AZ::SerializeContext*>(context); serializeContext)
@@ -48,27 +42,11 @@ namespace AZ
 
             void FbxImportRequestHandler::Activate()
             {
-                // Attempt to load the Slice Builder Settings file
-                AZ::IO::LocalFileIO localFileIO;
-
-                // This will point to @assets@/SettingsFilename, which loads from the cache
-                // We don't really want this but it works for now
-                // Trying to use AzToolsFramework::AssetSystemRequestBus::Events::GetSourceInfoBySourcePath at this point
-                // would fail because components seem to activate before the AP has populated its file list
-                AZ::IO::Path sliceBuilderSettingsIoPath(SettingsFilename);
-                auto result = AzFramework::FileFunc::ReadJsonFile(sliceBuilderSettingsIoPath, &localFileIO);
-                if (result.IsSuccess())
+                auto settingsRegistry = AZ::SettingsRegistry::Get();
+                
+                if (settingsRegistry)
                 {
-                    AZ::JsonSerializationResult::ResultCode serializationResult =
-                        AZ::JsonSerialization::Load(m_settings, result.GetValue());
-                    if (serializationResult.GetProcessing() == AZ::JsonSerializationResult::Processing::Halted)
-                    {
-                        AZ_Warning("", false, "Error in Asset Importer Settings file.\nUsing default settings.");
-                    }
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    AZ_Warning("", false, "Failed to load Asset Importer Settings file.\nUsing default settings.");
+                    settingsRegistry->GetObject(m_settings, "/O3DE/SceneAPI/AssetImporter");
                 }
 
                 BusConnect();
@@ -125,6 +103,11 @@ namespace AZ
                     return Events::LoadingResult::AssetFailure;
                 }
             }
+
+            void FbxImportRequestHandler::GetProvidedServices(ComponentDescriptor::DependencyArrayType& provided)
+            {
+                provided.emplace_back(AZ_CRC_CE("AssetImportRequestHandler"));
+            }
         } // namespace Import
     } // namespace SceneAPI
 } // namespace AZ
diff --git a/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/FbxSceneBuilder/FbxImportRequestHandler.h b/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/FbxSceneBuilder/FbxImportRequestHandler.h
index 3ef2823e24..99d2061229 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/FbxSceneBuilder/FbxImportRequestHandler.h
+++ b/Code/Tools/SceneAPI/FbxSceneBuilder/FbxImportRequestHandler.h
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ namespace AZ
             struct AssetImporterSettings
             {
                 AZ_TYPE_INFO(AssetImporterSettings, "{8BB6C7AD-BF99-44DC-9DA1-E7AD3F03DC10}");
-
-                AssetImporterSettings();
-
+                
                 static void Reflect(AZ::ReflectContext* context);
 
                 AZStd::unordered_set<AZStd::string> m_supportedFileTypeExtensions;
@@ -49,6 +47,8 @@ namespace AZ
                 Events::LoadingResult LoadAsset(Containers::Scene& scene, const AZStd::string& path, const Uuid& guid,
                     RequestingApplication requester) override;
 
+                static void GetProvidedServices(ComponentDescriptor::DependencyArrayType& provided);
+
             private:
 
                 AssetImporterSettings m_settings;
diff --git a/Gems/SceneProcessing/Code/Source/SceneBuilder/SceneBuilderComponent.cpp b/Gems/SceneProcessing/Code/Source/SceneBuilder/SceneBuilderComponent.cpp
index e71a5207d0..25faca3667 100644
--- a/Gems/SceneProcessing/Code/Source/SceneBuilder/SceneBuilderComponent.cpp
+++ b/Gems/SceneProcessing/Code/Source/SceneBuilder/SceneBuilderComponent.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ namespace SceneBuilder
         m_sceneBuilder.BusDisconnect();
     }
 
+    void BuilderPluginComponent::GetRequiredServices(AZ::ComponentDescriptor::DependencyArrayType& required)
+    {
+        required.emplace_back(AZ_CRC_CE("AssetImportRequestHandler"));
+    }
+
     void BuilderPluginComponent::Reflect(AZ::ReflectContext* context)
     {
         AZ::SerializeContext* serializeContext = azrtti_cast<AZ::SerializeContext*>(context);
@@ -81,5 +86,4 @@ namespace SceneBuilder
                 ->Attribute(AZ::Edit::Attributes::SystemComponentTags, AZStd::vector<AZ::Crc32>({ AssetBuilderSDK::ComponentTags::AssetBuilder }));
         }
     }
-
 } // namespace SceneBuilder
diff --git a/Gems/SceneProcessing/Code/Source/SceneBuilder/SceneBuilderComponent.h b/Gems/SceneProcessing/Code/Source/SceneBuilder/SceneBuilderComponent.h
index c1fc6ebb36..aed5e1b026 100644
--- a/Gems/SceneProcessing/Code/Source/SceneBuilder/SceneBuilderComponent.h
+++ b/Gems/SceneProcessing/Code/Source/SceneBuilder/SceneBuilderComponent.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ namespace SceneBuilder
         void Activate() override;
         void Deactivate() override;
         
+        static void GetRequiredServices(AZ::ComponentDescriptor::DependencyArrayType& required);
+        
     private:
         SceneBuilderWorker m_sceneBuilder;
     };
diff --git a/Registry/assetimporter.setreg b/Registry/assetimporter.setreg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0b0f00f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Registry/assetimporter.setreg
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+	"O3DE":
+	{
+		"SceneAPI":
+		{
+			"AssetImporter":
+			{
+				"SupportedFileTypeExtensions":
+				[
+					".fbx",
+					".stl",
+					".stp"
+				]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
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