diff --git a/cmake/Platform/Common/MSVC/Configurations_msvc.cmake b/cmake/Platform/Common/MSVC/Configurations_msvc.cmake
index d0e4d9ed73..8c22677f91 100644
--- a/cmake/Platform/Common/MSVC/Configurations_msvc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Platform/Common/MSVC/Configurations_msvc.cmake
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ ly_append_configurations_options(
         /INCREMENTAL:NO
 )
 
-set(LY_BUILD_WITH_INCREMENTAL_LINKING_DEBUG TRUE CACHE BOOL "Indicates if incremental linking is used in debug configurations (default = TRUE)")
+set(LY_BUILD_WITH_INCREMENTAL_LINKING_DEBUG FALSE CACHE BOOL "Indicates if incremental linking is used in debug configurations (default = FALSE)")
 if(LY_BUILD_WITH_INCREMENTAL_LINKING_DEBUG)
     ly_append_configurations_options(
         COMPILATION_DEBUG
diff --git a/scripts/build/Platform/Windows/build_config.json b/scripts/build/Platform/Windows/build_config.json
index fc4668de0a..552ef2c6fd 100644
--- a/scripts/build/Platform/Windows/build_config.json
+++ b/scripts/build/Platform/Windows/build_config.json
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     "PARAMETERS": {
       "CONFIGURATION": "debug",
       "OUTPUT_DIRECTORY": "build\\windows_vs2019",
-      "CMAKE_OPTIONS": "-G \"Visual Studio 16 2019\" -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=10.0 -DLY_UNITY_BUILD=TRUE -DLY_BUILD_WITH_INCREMENTAL_LINKING_DEBUG=FALSE",
+      "CMAKE_OPTIONS": "-G \"Visual Studio 16 2019\" -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=10.0 -DLY_UNITY_BUILD=TRUE",
       "CMAKE_LY_PROJECTS": "AutomatedTesting",
       "CMAKE_TARGET": "ALL_BUILD",
       "CMAKE_NATIVE_BUILD_ARGS": "/m /nologo"
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     "PARAMETERS": {
       "CONFIGURATION": "debug",
       "OUTPUT_DIRECTORY": "build\\windows_vs2019",
-      "CMAKE_OPTIONS": "-G \"Visual Studio 16 2019\" -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=10.0 -DLY_UNITY_BUILD=TRUE -DLY_BUILD_WITH_INCREMENTAL_LINKING_DEBUG=FALSE",
+      "CMAKE_OPTIONS": "-G \"Visual Studio 16 2019\" -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=10.0 -DLY_UNITY_BUILD=TRUE",
       "CMAKE_LY_PROJECTS": "AutomatedTesting",
       "CMAKE_TARGET": "TEST_SUITE_smoke TEST_SUITE_main",
       "CMAKE_NATIVE_BUILD_ARGS": "/m /nologo",