diff --git a/inference-engine/include/ie_blob.h b/inference-engine/include/ie_blob.h
index 1f23ab87b22..dbe264c054d 100644
--- a/inference-engine/include/ie_blob.h
+++ b/inference-engine/include/ie_blob.h
@@ -576,14 +576,7 @@ public:
     /**
      *@brief Virtual destructor.
      */
-
-#if defined(__clang__) && !defined(__SYCL_COMPILER_VERSION)
     virtual ~TBlob();
-#else
-    virtual ~TBlob() {
-        free();
-    }
-#endif  // __clang__ && !__SYCL_COMPILER_VERSION
 
     /**
      * @brief Gets the size of the given type.
@@ -806,7 +799,6 @@ protected:
     }
 };
 
-#if defined(__clang__) && !defined(__SYCL_COMPILER_VERSION)
 extern template class INFERENCE_ENGINE_API_CLASS(InferenceEngine::TBlob<float>);
 extern template class INFERENCE_ENGINE_API_CLASS(InferenceEngine::TBlob<double>);
 extern template class INFERENCE_ENGINE_API_CLASS(InferenceEngine::TBlob<int8_t>);
@@ -819,7 +811,8 @@ extern template class INFERENCE_ENGINE_API_CLASS(InferenceEngine::TBlob<long>);
 extern template class INFERENCE_ENGINE_API_CLASS(InferenceEngine::TBlob<long long>);
 extern template class INFERENCE_ENGINE_API_CLASS(InferenceEngine::TBlob<unsigned long>);
 extern template class INFERENCE_ENGINE_API_CLASS(InferenceEngine::TBlob<unsigned long long>);
-#endif  // __clang__ && !__SYCL_COMPILER_VERSION
+extern template class INFERENCE_ENGINE_API_CLASS(InferenceEngine::TBlob<bool>);
+extern template class INFERENCE_ENGINE_API_CLASS(InferenceEngine::TBlob<char>);
 
 /**
  * @brief Creates a blob with the given tensor descriptor.
diff --git a/inference-engine/include/ie_parameter.hpp b/inference-engine/include/ie_parameter.hpp
index cc5cabe3609..086556151f7 100644
--- a/inference-engine/include/ie_parameter.hpp
+++ b/inference-engine/include/ie_parameter.hpp
@@ -274,11 +274,11 @@ private:
     struct HasOperatorEqual : CheckOperatorEqual<T, EqualTo>::type {};
 
     struct Any {
-#if defined(__clang__) && !defined(__SYCL_COMPILER_VERSION)
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
         virtual ~Any();
 #else
         virtual ~Any() = default;
-#endif  // __clang__ && !__SYCL_COMPILER_VERSION
+#endif
         virtual bool is(const std::type_info&) const = 0;
         virtual Any* copy() const = 0;
         virtual bool operator==(const Any& rhs) const = 0;
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ private:
     Any* ptr = nullptr;
 };
 
-#if defined(__clang__) && !defined(__SYCL_COMPILER_VERSION)
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
 extern template struct INFERENCE_ENGINE_API_CLASS(InferenceEngine::Parameter::RealData<InferenceEngine::Blob::Ptr>);
 extern template struct INFERENCE_ENGINE_API_CLASS(InferenceEngine::Parameter::RealData<int>);
 extern template struct INFERENCE_ENGINE_API_CLASS(InferenceEngine::Parameter::RealData<bool>);
@@ -350,6 +350,6 @@ extern template struct INFERENCE_ENGINE_API_CLASS(
     InferenceEngine::Parameter::RealData<std::tuple<unsigned int, unsigned int>>);
 extern template struct INFERENCE_ENGINE_API_CLASS(
     InferenceEngine::Parameter::RealData<std::tuple<unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int>>);
-#endif  // __clang__ && !__SYCL_COMPILER_VERSION
+#endif
 
 }  // namespace InferenceEngine
diff --git a/inference-engine/src/gna_plugin/gna_plugin.cpp b/inference-engine/src/gna_plugin/gna_plugin.cpp
index b360399c8ce..f94244889b2 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/gna_plugin/gna_plugin.cpp
+++ b/inference-engine/src/gna_plugin/gna_plugin.cpp
@@ -85,12 +85,10 @@ using namespace std;
 using namespace GNAPluginNS;
 using namespace InferenceEngine::details;
 
-#ifdef __clang__
 namespace InferenceEngine {
     template<>
-    InferenceEngine::TBlob<intel_compound_bias_t, std::enable_if<true, void> >::~TBlob() { free(); }
+    InferenceEngine::TBlob<gna_compound_bias_t, std::enable_if<true, void> >::~TBlob() { free(); }
 }
-#endif  // __clang__
 
 template <typename T, typename U>
 void GNAPlugin::copyInputData(T *dst,
diff --git a/inference-engine/src/inference_engine/ie_common.cpp b/inference-engine/src/inference_engine/ie_common.cpp
index 6cdab87784c..9fb105c0fd8 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/inference_engine/ie_common.cpp
+++ b/inference-engine/src/inference_engine/ie_common.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Parameter::~Parameter() {
     clear();
 }
 
-#if defined(__clang__) && !defined(__SYCL_COMPILER_VERSION)
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
 Parameter::Any::~Any() {}
 
 template struct Parameter::RealData<int>;
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ template struct Parameter::RealData<std::vector<unsigned long>>;
 template struct Parameter::RealData<std::tuple<unsigned int, unsigned int>>;
 template struct Parameter::RealData<std::tuple<unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int>>;
 template struct Parameter::RealData<Blob::Ptr>;
+#endif
 
 //
 // ie_blob.h
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ template class TBlob<long>;
 template class TBlob<long long>;
 template class TBlob<unsigned long>;
 template class TBlob<unsigned long long>;
-#endif  // defined(__clang__) && !defined(__SYCL_COMPILER_VERSION)
+template class TBlob<bool>;
+template class TBlob<char>;
 
-}  // namespace InferenceEngine
\ No newline at end of file
+}  // namespace InferenceEngine
diff --git a/ngraph/test/util/engine/ie_engines.cpp b/ngraph/test/util/engine/ie_engines.cpp
index 447df74cf49..a7af958304f 100644
--- a/ngraph/test/util/engine/ie_engines.cpp
+++ b/ngraph/test/util/engine/ie_engines.cpp
@@ -315,20 +315,14 @@ void test::IE_Engine::reset()
 
 namespace InferenceEngine
 {
-// those definitions and template specializations are required for clang (both Linux and Mac)
 // Without this section the linker is not able to find destructors for missing TBlob specializations
 // which are instantiated in the unit tests that use TestCase and this engine
-#ifdef __clang__
     template <typename T, typename U>
     TBlob<T, U>::~TBlob()
     {
         free();
     }
 
-    template class TBlob<unsigned int>;
-    template class TBlob<bool>;
     template class TBlob<ngraph::bfloat16>;
     template class TBlob<ngraph::float16>;
-    template class TBlob<char>;
-#endif
 } // namespace InferenceEngine