diff --git a/inference-engine/include/ie_icnn_network.hpp b/inference-engine/include/ie_icnn_network.hpp
index 694feb63a5a04f..3e0efeffa9b2b4 100644
--- a/inference-engine/include/ie_icnn_network.hpp
+++ b/inference-engine/include/ie_icnn_network.hpp
@@ -20,14 +20,6 @@
 
 #include <ngraph/ngraph.hpp>
 
-#if defined IMPLEMENT_INFERENCE_ENGINE_API || defined IMPLEMENT_INFERENCE_ENGINE_PLUGIN || 1
-# define INFERENCE_ENGINE_ICNNNETWORK_CLASS(...) INFERENCE_ENGINE_API_CLASS(__VA_ARGS__)
-#else
-# define INFERENCE_ENGINE_ICNNNETWORK_CLASS(...)                                 \
-    INFERENCE_ENGINE_INTERNAL("Use InferenceEngine::CNNNetwork wrapper instead") \
-    INFERENCE_ENGINE_API_CLASS(__VA_ARGS__)
-#endif
-
 namespace InferenceEngine {
 
 _IE_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_START_GCC
diff --git a/inference-engine/src/inference_engine/CMakeLists.txt b/inference-engine/src/inference_engine/CMakeLists.txt
index 061f596bd631c1..715622ba6aa373 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/inference_engine/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/inference-engine/src/inference_engine/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ if (TBBBIND_2_4_FOUND)
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE pugixml::static openvino::itt ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} Threads::Threads
-                                             ngraph::frontend_manager::static inference_engine_transformations)
+                                             ngraph::frontend_manager::static inference_engine_transformations
                                      PUBLIC ngraph)
 
 target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} INTERFACE