diff --git a/legacy/include/legacy/ie_layers.h b/legacy/include/legacy/ie_layers.h
index fcf4270e81f8d8..e8d6a40f3576ad 100644
--- a/legacy/include/legacy/ie_layers.h
+++ b/legacy/include/legacy/ie_layers.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "ie_common.h"
 #include "ie_data.h"
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
 #    define _IE_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_START_MSVC IE_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_START
 #    define _IE_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_END_MSVC   IE_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_END
 #else
diff --git a/src/gna_plugin.cpp b/src/gna_plugin.cpp
index 0f8de0bf81947d..552f66fd1d537a 100644
--- a/src/gna_plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/gna_plugin.cpp
@@ -84,13 +84,6 @@ using namespace ov::intel_gna::memory;
 using namespace ov::intel_gna::frontend;
 using namespace ov::intel_gna::pre_post_processing;
 
-namespace InferenceEngine {
-template <>
-InferenceEngine::TBlob<gna_compound_bias_t, std::enable_if<true, void>>::~TBlob() {
-    free();
-}
-}  // namespace InferenceEngine
-
 template <typename T, typename U>
 void GNAPlugin::copyInputData(T* dst,
                               const U* src,
diff --git a/src/log/debug.hpp b/src/log/debug.hpp
index 3c531d74474c8e..04733a406a13ce 100644
--- a/src/log/debug.hpp
+++ b/src/log/debug.hpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #ifdef __PRETTY_FUNCTION__
 #    undef __PRETTY_FUNCTION__
 #endif
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__GNUC__)
 #    define __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ __FUNCSIG__
 #else
 #    define __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ __FUNCTION__
diff --git a/tests/deprecated/helpers/tests_common.cpp b/tests/deprecated/helpers/tests_common.cpp
index 423adf9f1beb9e..97a7f47faf8956 100644
--- a/tests/deprecated/helpers/tests_common.cpp
+++ b/tests/deprecated/helpers/tests_common.cpp
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 # ifndef _WINSOCK2API_
 #  define _WINSOCK2API_
 # endif
-# include <WinSock2.h>
-# include <Windows.h>
-# include "Psapi.h"
+# include <winsock2.h>
+# include <windows.h>
+# include "psapi.h"
 #endif
 
 static size_t parseLine(char* line) {
diff --git a/tests/deprecated/helpers/tests_common.hpp b/tests/deprecated/helpers/tests_common.hpp
index f12b39a856fb96..1ed74fb7c1fa0b 100644
--- a/tests/deprecated/helpers/tests_common.hpp
+++ b/tests/deprecated/helpers/tests_common.hpp
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 #pragma once
 
 // avoiding clash of the "max" macro with std::max
+#ifndef NOMINMAX
 #define NOMINMAX
+#endif
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cmath>
diff --git a/tests/deprecated/readers/ir_reader_v7/ie_cnn_net_reader_impl.cpp b/tests/deprecated/readers/ir_reader_v7/ie_cnn_net_reader_impl.cpp
index 6fbb7611734dea..fdee73907d1613 100644
--- a/tests/deprecated/readers/ir_reader_v7/ie_cnn_net_reader_impl.cpp
+++ b/tests/deprecated/readers/ir_reader_v7/ie_cnn_net_reader_impl.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void readAllFile(const std::string& string_file_name, void* buffer, size_t maxSi
     std::string file_name = string_file_name;
 #endif
 
-    inputFile.open(file_name, std::ios::binary | std::ios::in);
+    inputFile.open(file_name.c_str(), std::ios::binary | std::ios::in);
     if (!inputFile.is_open())
         IE_THROW() << "cannot open file " << string_file_name;
     if (!inputFile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(buffer), maxSize)) {
diff --git a/tests/deprecated/unit/engines/gna/gna_mock_api.hpp b/tests/deprecated/unit/engines/gna/gna_mock_api.hpp
index d38777a2740685..95566ea79ca97f 100644
--- a/tests/deprecated/unit/engines/gna/gna_mock_api.hpp
+++ b/tests/deprecated/unit/engines/gna/gna_mock_api.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <gna2-inference-api.h>
 #include <gna2-model-export-api.h>
 
-#if defined(_WIN32)
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
     #ifdef libGNAStubs_EXPORTS
         #define GNA_STUBS_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
     #else