diff --git a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
index eb5617751e..b0363c4482 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -138,10 +138,6 @@ if(APPLE)
   add_apple_compiler_options(the_module)
 endif()
 
-if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  add_definitions(-DHIGHGUI_EXPORTS)
-endif()
-
 if(MSVC)
   set_target_properties(${the_module} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "/NODEFAULTLIB:atlthunk.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:atlsd.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:libcmt.lib /DEBUG")
 endif()
diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/imgcodecs/CMakeLists.txt
index 78006403d8..8da6c176cd 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ if(APPLE)
   add_apple_compiler_options(the_module)
 endif()
 
-if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  add_definitions(-DIMGCODECS_EXPORTS)
-endif()
-
 if(MSVC)
   set_target_properties(${the_module} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "/NODEFAULTLIB:atlthunk.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:atlsd.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:libcmt.lib /DEBUG")
 endif()
diff --git a/modules/videoio/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/videoio/CMakeLists.txt
index 8a5b9d7a36..763304adbb 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/videoio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -244,10 +244,6 @@ if(APPLE)
   add_apple_compiler_options(the_module)
 endif()
 
-if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  add_definitions(-DVIDEOIO_EXPORTS)
-endif()
-
 if(MSVC)
   set_target_properties(${the_module} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "/NODEFAULTLIB:atlthunk.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:atlsd.lib /NODEFAULTLIB:libcmt.lib /DEBUG")
 endif()