diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/operations.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/operations.hpp
index 5180770912541e78c9e89bd895c41fc7811a29f6..3e248296ad53c93f127242c421022af084c487d8 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/operations.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/operations.hpp
@@ -52,45 +52,39 @@
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 
 /////// exchange-add operation for atomic operations on reference counters ///////
-#if defined __INTEL_COMPILER && !(defined WIN32 || defined _WIN32)   // atomic increment on the linux version of the Intel(tm) compiler
-  #define CV_XADD(addr,delta) _InterlockedExchangeAdd(const_cast<void*>(reinterpret_cast<volatile void*>(addr)), delta)
+#if defined __INTEL_COMPILER && !(defined WIN32 || defined _WIN32)
+    // atomic increment on the linux version of the Intel(tm) compiler
+    #define CV_XADD(addr, delta) (int)_InterlockedExchangeAdd(const_cast<void*>(reinterpret_cast<volatile void*>(addr)), delta)
 #elif defined __GNUC__
-
   #if defined __clang__ && __clang_major__ >= 3 && !defined __ANDROID__
-    #ifdef __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST
-        #define CV_XADD(addr, delta) __c11_atomic_fetch_add((_Atomic(int)*)(addr), (delta), __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST)
-    #else
-        #define CV_XADD(addr, delta) __atomic_fetch_add((_Atomic(int)*)(addr), (delta), 5)
-    #endif
-  #elif __GNUC__*10 + __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 42
-
-    #if !(defined WIN32 || defined _WIN32) && (defined __i486__ || defined __i586__ || \
-        defined __i686__ || defined __MMX__ || defined __SSE__  || defined __ppc__) || \
-        (defined __GNUC__ && defined _STLPORT_MAJOR)
-      #define CV_XADD __sync_fetch_and_add
+    #ifdef __ATOMIC_ACQ_REL
+        #define CV_XADD(addr, delta) __c11_atomic_fetch_add((_Atomic(int)*)(addr), delta, __ATOMIC_ACQ_REL)
     #else
-      #include <ext/atomicity.h>
-      #define CV_XADD __gnu_cxx::__exchange_and_add
+        #define CV_XADD(addr, delta) __atomic_fetch_add((_Atomic(int)*)(addr), delta, 4)
     #endif
-
   #else
-    #include <bits/atomicity.h>
-    #if __GNUC__*10 + __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 34
-      #define CV_XADD __gnu_cxx::__exchange_and_add
+    #ifdef __ATOMIC_ACQ_REL
+        // version for gcc >= 4.7
+        #define CV_XADD(addr, delta) __atomic_fetch_add(addr, delta, __ATOMIC_ACQ_REL)
     #else
-      #define CV_XADD __exchange_and_add
+        #define CV_XADD(addr, delta) __sync_fetch_and_add(addr, delta)
     #endif
   #endif
-
-#elif defined WIN32 || defined _WIN32 || defined WINCE
-  namespace cv { CV_EXPORTS int _interlockedExchangeAdd(int* addr, int delta); }
-  #define CV_XADD cv::_interlockedExchangeAdd
-
+#elif (defined WIN32 || defined _WIN32 || defined WINCE) && (!defined RC_INVOKED)
+    #if !defined(_M_AMD64) && !defined(_M_IA64) && !defined(_M_ARM)
+        extern "C" __declspec(dllimport) long __stdcall InterlockedExchangeAdd(long volatile *Addend, long Value);
+        #define CV_XADD(addr, delta) (int)InterlockedExchangeAdd((long volatile*)addr, delta)
+    #else
+        extern "C" long _InterlockedExchangeAdd (long volatile *Addend, long Value);
+        #pragma intrinsic(_InterlockedExchangeAdd)
+        #define CV_XADD(addr, delta) (int)_InterlockedExchangeAdd((long volatile*)addr, delta)
+    #endif
 #else
-  static inline int CV_XADD(int* addr, int delta)
-  { int tmp = *addr; *addr += delta; return tmp; }
+  static inline CV_XADD(int* addr, int delta) { int tmp = *addr; *addr += delta; return tmp; }
 #endif
 
+
+
 #include <limits>
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
diff --git a/modules/core/src/system.cpp b/modules/core/src/system.cpp
index 2efaa207483884e73656cf08d3bbe41dbd5fd38e..668b868b32de6ab6d82c3adebf5610f0fc6773ae 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/system.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/system.cpp
@@ -811,17 +811,6 @@ struct Mutex::Impl
     int refcount;
 };
 
-#ifndef __GNUC__
-int _interlockedExchangeAdd(int* addr, int delta)
-{
-#if defined _MSC_VER && _MSC_VER >= 1500
-    return (int)_InterlockedExchangeAdd((long volatile*)addr, delta);
-#else
-    return (int)InterlockedExchangeAdd((long volatile*)addr, delta);
-#endif
-}
-#endif // __GNUC__
-
 #elif defined __APPLE__
 
 #include <libkern/OSAtomic.h>