diff --git a/Code/Tools/TestImpactFramework/CMakeLists.txt b/Code/Tools/TestImpactFramework/CMakeLists.txt
index 04cbee98dc..1cdf02d101 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/TestImpactFramework/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Code/Tools/TestImpactFramework/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ ly_get_list_relative_pal_filename(pal_source_dir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/Platf
 include(${pal_source_dir}/PAL_${PAL_PLATFORM_NAME_LOWERCASE}.cmake)
 
 if(PAL_TRAIT_TEST_IMPACT_FRAMEWORK_SUPPORTED)
-    if(LY_TEST_IMPACT_INSTRUMENTATION_BIN)
-        add_subdirectory(Runtime)
-        add_subdirectory(Frontend)
-    endif()
+    add_subdirectory(Runtime)
+    add_subdirectory(Frontend)
 endif()
diff --git a/Code/Tools/TestImpactFramework/Runtime/Code/Source/Platform/Windows/Process/TestImpactWin32_Process.cpp b/Code/Tools/TestImpactFramework/Runtime/Code/Source/Platform/Windows/Process/TestImpactWin32_Process.cpp
index dd65722560..7ba061f932 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/TestImpactFramework/Runtime/Code/Source/Platform/Windows/Process/TestImpactWin32_Process.cpp
+++ b/Code/Tools/TestImpactFramework/Runtime/Code/Source/Platform/Windows/Process/TestImpactWin32_Process.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace TestImpact
         AZStd::to_wstring(argsW, args.c_str());
         if (!CreateProcessW(
             NULL,
-            argsW.c_str(),
+            argsW.data(),
             NULL,
             NULL,
             IsPiping(),