diff --git a/ngraph/CMakeLists.txt b/ngraph/CMakeLists.txt
index 55e218daa2c..32e43d2dbb3 100644
--- a/ngraph/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ngraph/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -325,15 +325,6 @@ if (NGRAPH_ONNX_IMPORT_ENABLE)
 endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(frontend)
-
-if(NGRAPH_UNIT_TEST_ENABLE)
-    set(BEFORE_GTEST_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
-    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
-    include(cmake/external_gtest.cmake)
-    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${BEFORE_GTEST_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
-    unset(BEFORE_GTEST_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-endif()
-
 add_subdirectory(test)
 
 if (NGRAPH_PYTHON_BUILD_ENABLE)
diff --git a/ngraph/cmake/external_gtest.cmake b/ngraph/cmake/external_gtest.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 529d577cdd9..00000000000
--- a/ngraph/cmake/external_gtest.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2018-2021 Intel Corporation
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-
-# Enable ExternalProject CMake module
-include(ExternalProject)
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Download and install GoogleTest ...
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-SET(GTEST_GIT_REPO_URL https://github.com/google/googletest.git)
-SET(GTEST_GIT_LABEL release-1.8.1)
-
-set(GMOCK_OUTPUT_DIR ${EXTERNAL_PROJECTS_ROOT}/gtest/build/googlemock)
-set(GTEST_OUTPUT_DIR ${GMOCK_OUTPUT_DIR}/gtest)
-
-if(WIN32)
-    list(APPEND GTEST_CMAKE_ARGS
-        -DCMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE=${GTEST_OUTPUT_DIR}
-        -DCMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELWITHDEBINFO=${GTEST_OUTPUT_DIR}
-        -DCMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG=${GTEST_OUTPUT_DIR}
-        -Dgtest_force_shared_crt=TRUE
-    )
-    set(GMOCK_OUTPUT_DIR ${GTEST_OUTPUT_DIR})
-endif()
-
-if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-    list(APPEND GTEST_CMAKE_ARGS
-        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
-    )
-endif()
-
-# Build for ninja
-SET(GTEST_PATHS ${GTEST_OUTPUT_DIR}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}gtestd${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
-    ${GMOCK_OUTPUT_DIR}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}gmockd${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
-    ${GTEST_OUTPUT_DIR}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}gtest${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
-    ${GMOCK_OUTPUT_DIR}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}gmock${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
-
-ExternalProject_Add(
-    ext_gtest
-    PREFIX gtest
-    GIT_REPOSITORY ${GTEST_GIT_REPO_URL}
-    GIT_TAG ${GTEST_GIT_LABEL}
-    # Disable install step
-    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
-    UPDATE_COMMAND ""
-    CMAKE_GENERATOR ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
-    CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM ${CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM}
-    CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET ${CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET}
-    CMAKE_ARGS
-        ${NGRAPH_FORWARD_CMAKE_ARGS}
-        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${GTEST_CXX_FLAGS}
-        ${GTEST_CMAKE_ARGS}
-    BINARY_DIR "${EXTERNAL_PROJECTS_ROOT}/gtest/build"
-    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL TRUE
-    BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${GTEST_PATHS}
-    )
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-ExternalProject_Get_Property(ext_gtest SOURCE_DIR BINARY_DIR)
-
-add_library(libgtest INTERFACE)
-add_dependencies(libgtest ext_gtest ext_gmock)
-target_include_directories(libgtest SYSTEM INTERFACE
-    ${SOURCE_DIR}/googletest/include
-    ${SOURCE_DIR}/googlemock/include)
-
-if(LINUX OR APPLE OR WIN32)
-    target_link_libraries(libgtest INTERFACE
-        debug ${GTEST_OUTPUT_DIR}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}gtestd${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
-        debug ${GMOCK_OUTPUT_DIR}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}gmockd${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
-        optimized ${GTEST_OUTPUT_DIR}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}gtest${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
-        optimized ${GMOCK_OUTPUT_DIR}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}gmock${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
-else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "libgtest: Unsupported platform.")
-endif()
diff --git a/ngraph/test/util/CMakeLists.txt b/ngraph/test/util/CMakeLists.txt
index 91f790a1185..8006d2738ff 100644
--- a/ngraph/test/util/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ngraph/test/util/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if(NGRAPH_LIB_VERSIONING_ENABLE)
         VERSION ${NGRAPH_VERSION})
 endif()
 target_include_directories(ngraph_test_util PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.. ${IE_MAIN_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
-target_link_libraries(ngraph_test_util PUBLIC ngraph ngraph_backend libgtest)
+target_link_libraries(ngraph_test_util PUBLIC ngraph ngraph_backend gtest gmock)
 if (NGRAPH_ONNX_IMPORT_ENABLE)
     target_link_libraries(ngraph_test_util PRIVATE onnx_common)
 endif()