diff --git a/cmake/external/ngraph.cmake b/cmake/external/ngraph.cmake
index 508f3e5257adf0b70ffea6db0d65718127e0707b..14af98b2d74d4aa955aac27727e05567788a84c9 100644
--- a/cmake/external/ngraph.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/ngraph.cmake
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ SET(NGRAPH_INC_DIR         ${NGRAPH_INSTALL_DIR}/include)
 SET(NGRAPH_LIB_DIR         ${NGRAPH_INSTALL_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 SET(NGRAPH_SHARED_LIB_NAME libngraph.so)
 SET(NGRAPH_CPU_LIB_NAME    libcpu_backend.so)
-SET(NGRAPH_TBB_LIB_NAME    libtbb.so.2)
+if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+    SET(NGRAPH_TBB_LIB_NAME    libtbb_debug.so.2)
+else()
+    SET(NGRAPH_TBB_LIB_NAME    libtbb.so.2)
+endif()
 SET(NGRAPH_GIT_REPO        "https://github.com/NervanaSystems/ngraph.git")
 SET(NGRAPH_SHARED_LIB      ${NGRAPH_LIB_DIR}/${NGRAPH_SHARED_LIB_NAME})
 SET(NGRAPH_CPU_LIB         ${NGRAPH_LIB_DIR}/${NGRAPH_CPU_LIB_NAME})
@@ -66,16 +70,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
     CMAKE_ARGS          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
     CMAKE_ARGS          -DMKLDNN_INCLUDE_DIR=${MKLDNN_INC_DIR}
     CMAKE_ARGS          -DMKLDNN_LIB_DIR=${MKLDNN_INSTALL_DIR}/lib
-)
-
-# Workaround for nGraph expecting mklml to be in mkldnn install directory.
-ExternalProject_Add_Step(
-    ${NGRAPH_PROJECT}
-    PrepareMKL
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink ${MKLML_LIB} ${MKLDNN_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libmklml_intel.so
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink ${MKLML_IOMP_LIB} ${MKLDNN_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libiomp5.so
-    DEPENDEES download
-    DEPENDERS configure
+    CMAKE_ARGS          -DMKLML_LIB_DIR=${MKLML_INSTALL_DIR}/lib
 )
 
 add_dependencies(ngraph ${NGRAPH_PROJECT})