diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
index 90068dede..958be3dab 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
@@ -697,10 +697,6 @@ macro(_ocv_create_module)
   unset(sub_links)
   unset(cuda_objs)
 
-  if(NOT the_module STREQUAL opencv_ts)
-    set_target_properties(${the_module} PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS OPENCV_NOSTL)
-  endif()
-
   ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_module} ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_DEPS_TO_LINK})
   ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_module} LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_DEPS_TO_LINK})
   ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_module} ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_DEPS_EXT} ${OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS} ${IPP_LIBS} ${ARGN})
diff --git a/modules/java/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/java/CMakeLists.txt
index 8eb2e8938..1d7a46786 100644
--- a/modules/java/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/java/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ string(REPLACE "-fvisibility=hidden" "" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 ocv_add_library(${the_module} SHARED ${handwrittren_h_sources} ${handwrittren_cpp_sources} ${generated_cpp_sources}
                                  ${copied_files}
                                 "${JAR_FILE}" "${JAR_FILE}.dephelper")
-set_target_properties(${the_module} PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS OPENCV_NOSTL)
 
 if(BUILD_FAT_JAVA_LIB)
   set(__deps ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_DEPS} ${OPENCV_MODULES_BUILD})
diff --git a/modules/python/common.cmake b/modules/python/common.cmake
index dca4e56a9..a082d0777 100644
--- a/modules/python/common.cmake
+++ b/modules/python/common.cmake
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ add_custom_command(
    DEPENDS ${opencv_hdrs})
 
 ocv_add_library(${the_module} SHARED ${PYTHON_SOURCE_DIR}/src2/cv2.cpp ${cv2_generated_hdrs})
-set_target_properties(${the_module} PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS OPENCV_NOSTL)
 
 if(PYTHON_DEBUG_LIBRARIES AND NOT PYTHON_LIBRARIES MATCHES "optimized.*debug")
   ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_module} debug ${PYTHON_DEBUG_LIBRARIES} optimized ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})