diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b3d95ae7c9c1c35b806ad61c8ea1ea80c70c06b2..c67a2fd0af2bea0193c93d1331e59ff478c904fb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,13 +99,6 @@ endif()
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON CACHE BOOL "Build shared libraries (.dll/.so) instead of static ones (.lib/.a)")
 
-if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set(OPENCV_BUILD_SHARED_LIB 1) # For cvconfig.h, etc.
-else(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set(OPENCV_BUILD_SHARED_LIB 0)
-endif(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-
-
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Variables for cvconfig.h.cmake
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/OpenCVConfig.cmake.in b/OpenCVConfig.cmake.in
index 258959454e5b6d7f2315b193a27c16f83c00c541..5864419afa41701aacbed50fe18ed793e8b3a736 100644
--- a/OpenCVConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/OpenCVConfig.cmake.in
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ endif(NOT @CMAKE_BASE_INCLUDE_DIRS_CONFIGCMAKE@ STREQUAL  "")
 
 # For OpenCV built as static libs, we need the user to link against
 #  many more dependencies:
-IF (NOT @OPENCV_BUILD_SHARED_LIB@)
+IF (NOT @BUILD_SHARED_LIBS@)
     # Under static libs, the user of OpenCV needs access to the 3rdparty libs as well:
     LINK_DIRECTORIES(@CMAKE_LIB_DIRS_CONFIGCMAKE@/../3rdparty/lib)
     if(WIN32)
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ IF (NOT @OPENCV_BUILD_SHARED_LIB@)
         set(OpenCV_LIBS ${OpenCV_LIBS} ${OPENCV_EXTRA_COMPONENTS})
     endif(CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION GREATER 2  OR  CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION GREATER 4)
 
-ENDIF(NOT @OPENCV_BUILD_SHARED_LIB@)
+ENDIF(NOT @BUILD_SHARED_LIBS@)
 
 
 # ======================================================
diff --git a/OpenCVModule.cmake b/OpenCVModule.cmake
index ce271857030aa4d2ab5099f8c56895342b3ed720..ab12991aff71113c1424b19150d3d84515ad8478 100644
--- a/OpenCVModule.cmake
+++ b/OpenCVModule.cmake
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ macro(define_opencv_module name)
 		set_target_properties(${the_target} PROPERTIES FOLDER "modules")
 	endif()	
 		
-	if (OPENCV_BUILD_SHARED_LIB)
+        if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 		if(MSVC)
 			set_target_properties(${the_target} PROPERTIES DEFINE_SYMBOL CVAPI_EXPORTS)
 		else()
diff --git a/cvconfig.h.cmake b/cvconfig.h.cmake
index 38cbe3079ea78054c18a871eaa4db3d8c1e3696f..e61a2261a7ce5f34f759721abcba5d098ead556e 100644
--- a/cvconfig.h.cmake
+++ b/cvconfig.h.cmake
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 #cmakedefine  HAVE_IPP
 
 /* OpenCV compiled as static or dynamic libs */
-#cmakedefine  OPENCV_BUILD_SHARED_LIB
+#cmakedefine  BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 
 /* Name of package */
 #define  PACKAGE "${PACKAGE}"
diff --git a/modules/core/src/system.cpp b/modules/core/src/system.cpp
index a2a2b8eb130638db2b9d445c56e942afe01144ac..78ae6fa08c7d0b993dac5ba90d5de9c00a8021c7 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/system.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/system.cpp
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ cvGetModuleInfo( const char* name, const char **version, const char **plugin_lis
         *plugin_list = plugin_list_buf;
 }
 
-#if defined OPENCV_BUILD_SHARED_LIB && defined CVAPI_EXPORTS && defined WIN32 && !defined WINCE
+#if defined BUILD_SHARED_LIBS && defined CVAPI_EXPORTS && defined WIN32 && !defined WINCE
 BOOL WINAPI DllMain( HINSTANCE, DWORD  fdwReason, LPVOID )
 {
     if( fdwReason == DLL_THREAD_DETACH || fdwReason == DLL_PROCESS_DETACH )
diff --git a/modules/gpu/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
index db7821b5e3a86956593e2d59c2924748746d46f6..13c5e5e814597e039faa84ce7d211bc278f93677 100644
--- a/modules/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ if (HAVE_CUDA)
         string(REPLACE "/EHsc-" "/EHs" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
     endif()
 	
-	if (OPENCV_BUILD_SHARED_LIB) 
+    if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 		set(CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS ${CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS} "-Xcompiler;-DCVAPI_EXPORTS")
 	endif()
     
diff --git a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
index 37d2f0b9c2d590b43c14dd44afd4f47795f08ae4..8017c637ee6a42d960bb11cf391093c5a9e1fc9e 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ set(lib_srcs ${highgui_srcs} ${grfmt_srcs})
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 set(the_target "opencv_highgui")
 
-if (OPENCV_BUILD_SHARED_LIB) 
+if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     add_definitions(-DHIGHGUI_EXPORTS -DCVAPI_EXPORTS)
 endif()