diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/Instance/Instance.cpp b/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/Instance/Instance.cpp
index 8c7604f680..8f483ec818 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/Instance/Instance.cpp
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/Instance/Instance.cpp
@@ -401,17 +401,6 @@ namespace AzToolsFramework
             }
         }
 
-        InstancePtrOptionalReference Instance::GetNestedInstance(const InstanceAlias& instanceAlias)
-        {
-            auto nestedInstanceIterator = m_nestedInstances.find(instanceAlias);
-            if (nestedInstanceIterator != m_nestedInstances.end())
-            {
-                return nestedInstanceIterator->second;
-            }
-
-            return AZStd::nullopt;
-        }
-
         void Instance::GetNestedInstances(const AZStd::function<void(AZStd::unique_ptr<Instance>&)>& callback)
         {
             for (auto& [instanceAlias, instance] : m_nestedInstances)
diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/Instance/Instance.h b/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/Instance/Instance.h
index 377be68753..31dfb7b8b4 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/Instance/Instance.h
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Prefab/Instance/Instance.h
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ namespace AzToolsFramework
 
             Instance& AddInstance(AZStd::unique_ptr<Instance> instance);
             AZStd::unique_ptr<Instance> DetachNestedInstance(const InstanceAlias& instanceAlias);
-            InstancePtrOptionalReference GetNestedInstance(const InstanceAlias& instanceAlias);
 
             /**
             * Gets the aliases for the entities in the Instance DOM.