diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/Spawnable/SpawnableUtils.cpp b/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/Spawnable/SpawnableUtils.cpp
index 65e4c14276..3ee376264a 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/Spawnable/SpawnableUtils.cpp
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/Spawnable/SpawnableUtils.cpp
@@ -223,4 +223,7 @@ namespace AzToolsFramework::Prefab::SpawnableUtils
 
     }
 
+    // Explicit specializations of SortEntitiesByTransformHierarchy (have to be in cpp due to clang errors)
+    template void SortEntitiesByTransformHierarchy(AZStd::vector<AZ::Entity*>& entities);
+    template void SortEntitiesByTransformHierarchy(AZStd::vector<AZStd::unique_ptr<AZ::Entity>>& entities);
 } // namespace AzToolsFramework::Prefab::SpawnableUtils
diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/Spawnable/SpawnableUtils.h b/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/Spawnable/SpawnableUtils.h
index f46c94d4ec..02aabfe55e 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/Spawnable/SpawnableUtils.h
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/Spawnable/SpawnableUtils.h
@@ -20,7 +20,4 @@ namespace AzToolsFramework::Prefab::SpawnableUtils
     template <typename EntityPtr>
     void SortEntitiesByTransformHierarchy(AZStd::vector<EntityPtr>& entities);
 
-    // Explicit specializations
-    template void SortEntitiesByTransformHierarchy(AZStd::vector<AZ::Entity*>& entities);
-    template void SortEntitiesByTransformHierarchy(AZStd::vector<AZStd::unique_ptr<AZ::Entity>>& entities);
 } // namespace AzToolsFramework::Prefab::SpawnableUtils