diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Passes/SsaoCompute.pass b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Passes/SsaoCompute.pass
index 2c48506f8f..3c4a8c76f1 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Passes/SsaoCompute.pass
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/Passes/SsaoCompute.pass
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
                     "FilePath": "Shaders/PostProcessing/SsaoCompute.shader"
                 },
                 "Make Fullscreen Pass": true,
-                "PipelineViewTag": "MainCamera",
-                "Use Async Compute":  true
+                "PipelineViewTag": "MainCamera"
             },
             "FallbackConnections": [
                 {