diff --git a/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/AssetDatabase/AssetDatabase.cpp b/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/AssetDatabase/AssetDatabase.cpp
index 8f7d542fcc..9be991eb0b 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/AssetDatabase/AssetDatabase.cpp
+++ b/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/AssetDatabase/AssetDatabase.cpp
@@ -1067,15 +1067,12 @@ namespace AssetProcessor
 
         if (dropAllTables)
         {
-            AZ_TracePrintf("AssetDatabase", "Closing existing db connection\n"); // Temporary debug output to help with tracking down a crash
             // drop all tables by destroying the entire database.
             m_databaseConnection->Close();
 
-            AZ_TracePrintf("AssetDatabase", "Getting db file path\n"); // Temporary debug output to help with tracking down a crash
             AZStd::string dbFilePath = GetAssetDatabaseFilePath();
             if (dbFilePath != ":memory:")
             {
-                AZ_TracePrintf("AssetDatabase", "Deleting existing db %s\n", dbFilePath.c_str()); // Temporary debug output to help with tracking down a crash
                 // you cannot delete a memory database, but it drops all data when you close it anyway.
                 if (!AZ::IO::SystemFile::Delete(dbFilePath.c_str()))
                 {
@@ -1085,7 +1082,7 @@ namespace AssetProcessor
                     return false;
                 }
             }
-            AZ_TracePrintf("AssetDatabase", "Re-opening connection\n"); // Temporary debug output to help with tracking down a crash
+
             if (!m_databaseConnection->Open(dbFilePath, IsReadOnly()))
             {
                 delete m_databaseConnection;
diff --git a/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/tests/assetmanager/AssetProcessorManagerTest.cpp b/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/tests/assetmanager/AssetProcessorManagerTest.cpp
index eef3a87797..93344caf6e 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/tests/assetmanager/AssetProcessorManagerTest.cpp
+++ b/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/tests/assetmanager/AssetProcessorManagerTest.cpp
@@ -243,9 +243,7 @@ void AssetProcessorManagerTest::SetUp()
     ASSERT_TRUE(m_mockApplicationManager->RegisterAssetRecognizerAsBuilder(rec));
     m_mockApplicationManager->BusConnect();
 
-    AZ_Printf("UnitTest", "Allocating APM\n")
     m_assetProcessorManager.reset(new AssetProcessorManager_Test(m_config.get()));
-    AZ_Printf("UnitTest", "APM ready\n");
     m_errorAbsorber->Clear();
 
     m_isIdling = false;
@@ -4468,9 +4466,7 @@ AssetBuilderSDK::AssetBuilderDesc MockBuilderInfoHandler::CreateBuilderDesc(cons
 
 void FingerprintTest::SetUp()
 {
-    AZ_Printf("FingerprintTest", "SetUp start\n");
     AssetProcessorManagerTest::SetUp();
-    AZ_Printf("FingerprintTest", "SetUp self\n");
 
     // We don't want the mock application manager to provide builder descriptors, mockBuilderInfoHandler will provide our own
     m_mockApplicationManager->BusDisconnect();
@@ -4489,23 +4485,18 @@ void FingerprintTest::SetUp()
     });
 
     ASSERT_TRUE(UnitTestUtils::CreateDummyFile(m_absolutePath, ""));
-    AZ_Printf("FingerprintTest", "SetUp end\n");
 }
 
 void FingerprintTest::TearDown()
 {
-    AZ_Printf("FingerprintTest", "TearDown start\n");
     m_jobResults = AZStd::vector<AssetProcessor::JobDetails>{};
     m_mockBuilderInfoHandler = {};
 
-    AZ_Printf("FingerprintTest", "TearDown parent\n");
     AssetProcessorManagerTest::TearDown();
-    AZ_Printf("FingerprintTest", "TearDown end\n");
 }
 
 void FingerprintTest::RunFingerprintTest(QString builderFingerprint, QString jobFingerprint, bool expectedResult)
 {
-    AZ_Printf("FingerprintTest", "Fingerprint Test Start\n");
     m_mockBuilderInfoHandler.m_builderDesc.m_analysisFingerprint = builderFingerprint.toUtf8().data();
     m_mockBuilderInfoHandler.m_jobFingerprint = jobFingerprint;
     QMetaObject::invokeMethod(m_assetProcessorManager.get(), "AssessModifiedFile", Qt::QueuedConnection, Q_ARG(QString, m_absolutePath));
@@ -4514,7 +4505,6 @@ void FingerprintTest::RunFingerprintTest(QString builderFingerprint, QString job
     ASSERT_EQ(m_mockBuilderInfoHandler.m_createJobsCount, 1);
     ASSERT_EQ(m_jobResults.size(), 1);
     ASSERT_EQ(m_jobResults[0].m_autoFail, expectedResult);
-    AZ_Printf("FingerprintTest", "Fingerprint Test End\n");
 }
 
 TEST_F(FingerprintTest, FingerprintChecking_JobFingerprint_NoBuilderFingerprint)
diff --git a/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/unittests/UnitTestRunner.h b/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/unittests/UnitTestRunner.h
index 0c4357f84a..7f3f3c859d 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/unittests/UnitTestRunner.h
+++ b/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/unittests/UnitTestRunner.h
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ namespace UnitTestUtils
 
         bool OnPreWarning([[maybe_unused]] const char* window, [[maybe_unused]] const char* fileName, [[maybe_unused]] int line, [[maybe_unused]] const char* func, [[maybe_unused]] const char* message) override
         {
-            UnitTest::ColoredPrintf(UnitTest::COLOR_YELLOW, message);
             ++m_numWarningsAbsorbed;
             if (m_debugMessages)
             {
@@ -167,7 +166,9 @@ namespace UnitTestUtils
 
         bool OnPreAssert([[maybe_unused]] const char* fileName, [[maybe_unused]] int line, [[maybe_unused]] const char* func, [[maybe_unused]] const char* message) override
         {
-            UnitTest::ColoredPrintf(UnitTest::COLOR_YELLOW, message);
+            // Print out absorbed asserts since asserts are pretty important and accidentally absorbing unintended ones can lead to difficult-to-detect issues
+            UnitTest::ColoredPrintf(UnitTest::COLOR_YELLOW, "Absorbed Assert: %s\n", message);
+
             ++m_numAssertsAbsorbed;
             if (m_debugMessages)
             {
@@ -178,7 +179,6 @@ namespace UnitTestUtils
 
         bool OnPreError([[maybe_unused]] const char* window, [[maybe_unused]] const char* fileName, [[maybe_unused]] int line, [[maybe_unused]] const char* func, [[maybe_unused]] const char* message) override
         {
-            UnitTest::ColoredPrintf(UnitTest::COLOR_YELLOW, message);
             ++m_numErrorsAbsorbed;
             if (m_debugMessages)
             {
@@ -187,9 +187,8 @@ namespace UnitTestUtils
             return true; // I handled this, do not forward it
         }
 
-        bool OnPrintf(const char* /*window*/, const char* message) override
+        bool OnPrintf(const char* /*window*/, const char* /*message*/) override
         {
-            UnitTest::ColoredPrintf(UnitTest::COLOR_YELLOW, message);
             ++m_numMessagesAbsorbed;
             return true;
         }