diff --git a/cmake/dependencies.cmake b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
index 22677a596e0..035c25b03bc 100644
--- a/cmake/dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function(ov_download_tbb)
                 TARGET_PATH "${TEMP}/tbb"
                 ENVIRONMENT "TBBROOT"
                 SHA256 "95b2f3b0b70c7376a0c7de351a355c2c514b42c4966e77e3e34271a599501008")
-    elseif((LINUX AND NOT ANDROID) AND AARCH64)
+    elseif(YOCTO_AARCH64)
         RESOLVE_DEPENDENCY(TBB
                 ARCHIVE_LIN "keembay/tbb2020_38404_kmb_lic.tgz"
                 TARGET_PATH "${TEMP}/tbb_yocto"
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ if(ENABLE_OPENCV)
     set(OPENCV_BUILD "076")
     set(OPENCV_BUILD_YOCTO "772")
 
-    if(AARCH64)
+    if(YOCTO_AARCH64)
         if(DEFINED ENV{THIRDPARTY_SERVER_PATH})
             set(IE_PATH_TO_DEPS "$ENV{THIRDPARTY_SERVER_PATH}")
         elseif(DEFINED THIRDPARTY_SERVER_PATH)
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ if(ENABLE_OPENCV)
                     VERSION_REGEX ".*_([0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+).*"
                     SHA256 "3e162f96e86cba8836618134831d9cf76df0438778b3e27e261dedad9254c514")
         elseif(LINUX)
-            if(AARCH64)
+            if(YOCTO_AARCH64)
                 set(OPENCV_SUFFIX "yocto_kmb")
                 set(OPENCV_BUILD "${OPENCV_BUILD_YOCTO}")
             elseif(ARM)
diff --git a/cmake/developer_package/target_flags.cmake b/cmake/developer_package/target_flags.cmake
index 14412697839..c3ea646ac26 100644
--- a/cmake/developer_package/target_flags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/developer_package/target_flags.cmake
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     set(LINUX ON)
 endif()
 
+if(ENV{OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT} AND AARCH64)
+    set(YOCTO_AARCH64 ON)
+endif()
+
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "^(Apple)?Clang$")
     set(OV_COMPILER_IS_CLANG ON)
 endif()
diff --git a/thirdparty/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt
index d807b2aae8f..1ec4ce51100 100644
--- a/thirdparty/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thirdparty/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ if(NOT protobuf_BUILD_PROTOC_BINARIES)
     set(HOST_PROTOC_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/host_protoc_install")
     set(HOST_PROTOC_PREFIX_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/host_protoc_root")
 
-    if(DEFINED ENV{OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT})
+    if(YOCTO_AARCH64)
         # need to unset several variables which can set env to cross-environment
         foreach(var SDKTARGETSYSROOT CONFIG_SITE OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT OECORE_TARGET_SYSROOT
                     OECORE_ACLOCAL_OPTS OECORE_BASELIB OECORE_TARGET_ARCH OECORE_TARGET_OS CC CXX