diff --git a/inference-engine/src/cldnn_engine/CMakeLists.txt b/inference-engine/src/cldnn_engine/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ba2bc9e98e..c7ac932910b 100644
--- a/inference-engine/src/cldnn_engine/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/inference-engine/src/cldnn_engine/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE
 
 set_target_properties(${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION_RELEASE ${ENABLE_LTO})
 
-
-set_ie_threading_interface_for(clDNN_lib)
 # Failed because of OpenCL
 # ie_add_api_validator_post_build_step(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME})
 
diff --git a/inference-engine/thirdparty/clDNN/CMakeLists.txt b/inference-engine/thirdparty/clDNN/CMakeLists.txt
index c9cc74e38f7..6c63f932ed1 100644
--- a/inference-engine/thirdparty/clDNN/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/inference-engine/thirdparty/clDNN/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS ON)
 # ====================================== HELPER CONSTANT VARIABLES =====================================
 # ======================================================================================================
 # ======================================================================================================
-if("${CLDNN_THREADING}" MATCHES "SEQ")
+if(CLDNN_THREADING MATCHES "SEQ")
     add_definitions(-DCLDNN_THREADING=CLDNN_THREADING_SEQ)
-elseif("${CLDNN_THREADING}" MATCHES "TBB")
+elseif(CLDNN_THREADING MATCHES "TBB")
     add_definitions(-DCLDNN_THREADING=CLDNN_THREADING_TBB)
 else()
     add_definitions(-DCLDNN_THREADING=CLDNN_THREADING_THREADPOOL)
diff --git a/inference-engine/thirdparty/clDNN/src/CMakeLists.txt b/inference-engine/thirdparty/clDNN/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 160492150a4..dd1fd4b300f 100644
--- a/inference-engine/thirdparty/clDNN/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/inference-engine/thirdparty/clDNN/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ target_link_libraries("${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ}" PRIVATE
     openvino::itt
   )
 
+if(COMMAND set_ie_threading_interface_for)
+  set_ie_threading_interface_for("${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ}")
+endif()
+
 if(WIN32)
   target_link_libraries("${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ}" PRIVATE setupapi)
 elseif((NOT ANDROID) AND (UNIX))
diff --git a/inference-engine/thirdparty/clDNN/src/include/cldnn_itt.h b/inference-engine/thirdparty/clDNN/src/include/cldnn_itt.h
index 979ba14aad0..b28db96f295 100644
--- a/inference-engine/thirdparty/clDNN/src/include/cldnn_itt.h
+++ b/inference-engine/thirdparty/clDNN/src/include/cldnn_itt.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 namespace cldnn {
 namespace itt {
 namespace domains {
-    OV_ITT_DOMAIN(CLDNN);
+    OV_ITT_DOMAIN(CLDNN)
 }
 }
 }
diff --git a/inference-engine/thirdparty/clDNN/tests_core_internal/CMakeLists.txt b/inference-engine/thirdparty/clDNN/tests_core_internal/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d270f7c79d..663f50000cc 100644
--- a/inference-engine/thirdparty/clDNN/tests_core_internal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/inference-engine/thirdparty/clDNN/tests_core_internal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,18 +107,22 @@ add_executable("${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ}"
     ${__CLDNN_AllSources}
   )
 
+if(COMMAND set_ie_threading_interface_for)
+  set_ie_threading_interface_for("${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ}")
+endif()
+
 set_property(TARGET "${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ}" PROPERTY PROJECT_LABEL "${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ_LABEL}")
 set_property(TARGET "${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ}" PROPERTY OUTPUT_NAME   "${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ_OUTPUT_NAME}")
 
 # Set library dependencies
-target_link_libraries("${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ}" "${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ__clDNN}")
+target_link_libraries("${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ}" PRIVATE "${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ__clDNN}")
 
 if(WIN32)
-  target_link_libraries("${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ}" setupapi)
+  target_link_libraries("${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ}" PRIVATE setupapi)
 elseif((NOT ANDROID) AND (UNIX))
-  target_link_libraries("${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ}" pthread)
+  target_link_libraries("${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ}" PRIVATE pthread)
 endif()
-target_link_libraries("${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ}" ${CLDNN__SYSTEM_LINK_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries("${CLDNN_BUILD__PROJ}" PRIVATE ${CLDNN__SYSTEM_LINK_LIBRARIES})
 
 # =================================== Custom pre- and post-steps =======================================