diff --git a/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/tests/assetmanager/AssetProcessorManagerTest.cpp b/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/tests/assetmanager/AssetProcessorManagerTest.cpp
index 656d7cab4e..5bcb6dc583 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/tests/assetmanager/AssetProcessorManagerTest.cpp
+++ b/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/tests/assetmanager/AssetProcessorManagerTest.cpp
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ void AssetProcessorManagerTest::SetUp()
     AZ_Printf("UnitTest", "Allocating APM\n")
     m_assetProcessorManager.reset(new AssetProcessorManager_Test(m_config.get()));
     AZ_Printf("UnitTest", "APM ready\n");
-    m_assertAbsorber.Clear();
+    m_errorAbsorber->Clear();
 
     m_isIdling = false;
 
@@ -335,9 +335,9 @@ TEST_F(AssetProcessorManagerTest, UnitTestForGettingJobInfoBySourceUUIDSuccess)
     EXPECT_STRCASEEQ(relFileName.toUtf8().data(), response.m_jobList[0].m_sourceFile.c_str());
     EXPECT_STRCASEEQ(tempPath.filePath("subfolder1").toUtf8().data(), response.m_jobList[0].m_watchFolder.c_str());
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(m_assertAbsorber.m_numWarningsAbsorbed, 0);
-    ASSERT_EQ(m_assertAbsorber.m_numErrorsAbsorbed, 0);
-    ASSERT_EQ(m_assertAbsorber.m_numAssertsAbsorbed, 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(m_errorAbsorber->m_numWarningsAbsorbed, 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(m_errorAbsorber->m_numErrorsAbsorbed, 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(m_errorAbsorber->m_numAssertsAbsorbed, 0);
 }
 
 TEST_F(AssetProcessorManagerTest, WarningsAndErrorsReported_SuccessfullySavedToDatabase)
@@ -389,9 +389,9 @@ TEST_F(AssetProcessorManagerTest, WarningsAndErrorsReported_SuccessfullySavedToD
     ASSERT_EQ(response.m_jobList[0].m_warningCount, 11);
     ASSERT_EQ(response.m_jobList[0].m_errorCount, 22);
 
-    ASSERT_EQ(m_assertAbsorber.m_numWarningsAbsorbed, 0);
-    ASSERT_EQ(m_assertAbsorber.m_numErrorsAbsorbed, 0);
-    ASSERT_EQ(m_assertAbsorber.m_numAssertsAbsorbed, 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(m_errorAbsorber->m_numWarningsAbsorbed, 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(m_errorAbsorber->m_numErrorsAbsorbed, 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(m_errorAbsorber->m_numAssertsAbsorbed, 0);
 }
 
 
@@ -1313,8 +1313,8 @@ void PathDependencyTest::SetUp()
 
 void PathDependencyTest::TearDown()
 {
-    ASSERT_EQ(m_assertAbsorber.m_numAssertsAbsorbed, 0);
-    ASSERT_EQ(m_assertAbsorber.m_numErrorsAbsorbed, 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(m_errorAbsorber->m_numAssertsAbsorbed, 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(m_errorAbsorber->m_numErrorsAbsorbed, 0);
 
     AssetProcessorManagerTest::TearDown();
 }
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@ TEST_F(PathDependencyTest, AssetProcessed_Impl_SelfReferrentialProductDependency
     mainFile.m_products.push_back(productAssetId);
 
     // tell the APM that the asset has been processed and allow it to bubble through its event queue:
-    m_assertAbsorber.Clear();
+    m_errorAbsorber->Clear();
     m_assetProcessorManager->AssetProcessed(jobDetails.m_jobEntry, processJobResponse);
     ASSERT_TRUE(BlockUntilIdle(5000));
 
@@ -1628,8 +1628,8 @@ TEST_F(PathDependencyTest, AssetProcessed_Impl_SelfReferrentialProductDependency
     ASSERT_TRUE(dependencyContainer.empty());
 
     // We are testing 2 different dependencies, so we should get 2 warnings
-    ASSERT_EQ(m_assertAbsorber.m_numWarningsAbsorbed, 2);
-    m_assertAbsorber.Clear();
+    ASSERT_EQ(m_errorAbsorber->m_numWarningsAbsorbed, 2);
+    m_errorAbsorber->Clear();
 }
 
 // This test shows the process of deferring resolution of a path dependency works.
@@ -1946,8 +1946,8 @@ TEST_F(PathDependencyTest, WildcardDependencies_ExcludePathsExisting_ResolveCorr
     );
 
     // Test asset PrimaryFile1 has 4 conflict dependencies
-    ASSERT_EQ(m_assertAbsorber.m_numErrorsAbsorbed, 4);
-    m_assertAbsorber.Clear();
+    ASSERT_EQ(m_errorAbsorber->m_numErrorsAbsorbed, 4);
+    m_errorAbsorber->Clear();
 }
 
 TEST_F(PathDependencyTest, WildcardDependencies_Deferred_ResolveCorrectly)
@@ -2094,8 +2094,8 @@ TEST_F(PathDependencyTest, WildcardDependencies_ExcludedPathDeferred_ResolveCorr
     // Test asset PrimaryFile1 has 4 conflict dependencies
     // After test assets dep2 and dep3 are processed,
     // another 2 errors will be raised because of the confliction
-    ASSERT_EQ(m_assertAbsorber.m_numErrorsAbsorbed, 6);
-    m_assertAbsorber.Clear();
+    ASSERT_EQ(m_errorAbsorber->m_numErrorsAbsorbed, 6);
+    m_errorAbsorber->Clear();
 }
 
 void PathDependencyTest::RunWildcardTest(bool useCorrectDatabaseSeparator, AssetBuilderSDK::ProductPathDependencyType pathDependencyType, bool buildDependenciesFirst)
diff --git a/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/tests/assetmanager/AssetProcessorManagerTest.h b/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/tests/assetmanager/AssetProcessorManagerTest.h
index d5afd8520f..7bbef41f44 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/tests/assetmanager/AssetProcessorManagerTest.h
+++ b/Code/Tools/AssetProcessor/native/tests/assetmanager/AssetProcessorManagerTest.h
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ protected:
     AZStd::unique_ptr<AssetProcessorManager_Test> m_assetProcessorManager;
     AZStd::unique_ptr<AssetProcessor::MockApplicationManager> m_mockApplicationManager;
     AZStd::unique_ptr<AssetProcessor::PlatformConfiguration> m_config;
-    UnitTestUtils::AssertAbsorber m_assertAbsorber; // absorb asserts/warnings/errors so that the unit test output is not cluttered
     QString m_gameName;
     QDir m_normalizedCacheRootDir;
     AZStd::atomic_bool m_isIdling;