diff --git a/Gems/GraphCanvas/Code/StaticLib/GraphCanvas/Styling/Parser.cpp b/Gems/GraphCanvas/Code/StaticLib/GraphCanvas/Styling/Parser.cpp
index 5d15c9fcd0..8cfb81715a 100644
--- a/Gems/GraphCanvas/Code/StaticLib/GraphCanvas/Styling/Parser.cpp
+++ b/Gems/GraphCanvas/Code/StaticLib/GraphCanvas/Styling/Parser.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace
     const QRegularExpression invalidStart(R"_(^\s*>\s*)_");
     const QRegularExpression invalidEnd(R"_(\s*>\s*$)_");
     const QRegularExpression splitNesting(R"_(\s*>\s*)_");
-    const QRegularExpression selector(R"_(^(?:(?:(\w+)?(\.\w+)?)|(#\w+)?)(:\w+)?$)_");
+    const QRegularExpression s_selectorRegex(R"_(^(?:(?:(\w+)?(\.\w+)?)|(#\w+)?)(:\w+)?$)_");
 
     AZStd::string QtToAz(const QString& source)
     {
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ namespace GraphCanvas
                 nestedSelectors.reserve(parts.size());
                 for (const QString& part : parts)
                 {
-                    auto matches = selector.match(part);
+                    auto matches = s_selectorRegex.match(part);
                     if (!matches.hasMatch())
                     {
                         qWarning() << "Invalid selector:" << part << "in" << candidate;
diff --git a/Gems/GraphCanvas/Code/StaticLib/GraphCanvas/Styling/definitions.cpp b/Gems/GraphCanvas/Code/StaticLib/GraphCanvas/Styling/definitions.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index f8ba5ffab3..0000000000
--- a/Gems/GraphCanvas/Code/StaticLib/GraphCanvas/Styling/definitions.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Contributors to the Open 3D Engine Project.
- * For complete copyright and license terms please see the LICENSE at the root of this distribution.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
- *
- */
-
-#include <AzCore/Serialization/SerializeContext.h>
-#include <GraphCanvas/Styling/definitions.h>
-
-int LinkerWarningWorkaround()
-{
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/Gems/GraphCanvas/Code/graphcanvas_staticlib_files.cmake b/Gems/GraphCanvas/Code/graphcanvas_staticlib_files.cmake
index ad26ac09d8..9572219a13 100644
--- a/Gems/GraphCanvas/Code/graphcanvas_staticlib_files.cmake
+++ b/Gems/GraphCanvas/Code/graphcanvas_staticlib_files.cmake
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ set(FILES
     StaticLib/GraphCanvas/Editor/EditorTypes.h
     StaticLib/GraphCanvas/Editor/GraphCanvasProfiler.h
     StaticLib/GraphCanvas/Editor/GraphModelBus.h
-    StaticLib/GraphCanvas/Styling/definitions.cpp
     StaticLib/GraphCanvas/Styling/definitions.h
     StaticLib/GraphCanvas/Styling/PseudoElement.cpp
     StaticLib/GraphCanvas/Styling/PseudoElement.h