diff --git a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Tests/SystemComponentFixture.h b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Tests/SystemComponentFixture.h
index 04a1ca4f81..f8c70a5fee 100644
--- a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Tests/SystemComponentFixture.h
+++ b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Tests/SystemComponentFixture.h
@@ -59,7 +59,16 @@ namespace EMotionFX
     {
     public:
 
-        ComponentFixtureApp() = default;
+        ComponentFixtureApp()
+        {
+            using FixedValueString = AZ::SettingsRegistryInterface::FixedValueString;
+            constexpr auto projectPathKey = FixedValueString(AZ::SettingsRegistryMergeUtils::BootstrapSettingsRootKey) + "/project_path";
+            if(auto settingsRegistry = AZ::SettingsRegistry::Get(); settingsRegistry != nullptr)
+            {
+                settingsRegistry->Set(projectPathKey, "AutomatedTesting");
+                AZ::SettingsRegistryMergeUtils::MergeSettingsToRegistry_AddRuntimeFilePaths(*settingsRegistry);
+            }
+        }
 
         AZ::ComponentTypeList GetRequiredSystemComponents() const override
         {
diff --git a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Tests/UI/CanUseFileMenu.cpp b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Tests/UI/CanUseFileMenu.cpp
index 8045499b4a..8e3a19c1ca 100644
--- a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Tests/UI/CanUseFileMenu.cpp
+++ b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/Tests/UI/CanUseFileMenu.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ namespace EMotionFX
         {
             auto testAssetsPath = AZ::IO::Path(GetEMotionFX().GetAssetCacheFolder()) / "TmpTestAssets";
             QString dataDir = QString::fromUtf8(testAssetsPath.c_str(), aznumeric_cast<int>(testAssetsPath.Native().size()));
-            dataDir += "TmpTestAssets";
 
             if (!QDir(dataDir).exists())
             {