diff --git a/thirdparty/dependencies.cmake b/thirdparty/dependencies.cmake
index 3095e1c6416..e7035286d98 100644
--- a/thirdparty/dependencies.cmake
+++ b/thirdparty/dependencies.cmake
@@ -69,39 +69,13 @@ endif()
 if(ENABLE_INTEL_GPU)
     if(ENABLE_SYSTEM_OPENCL)
         # try to find system OpenCL:
-        # - 'brew install opencl-icd-loader'
-        # - 'conan install opencl-icd-loader'
-        find_package(OpenCLICDLoader QUIET)
-
-        if(OpenCLICDLoader_FOUND)
-            # examples:
-            # - 'brew install opencl-headers'
-            # - 'conan install opencl-headers'
-            find_package(OpenCLHeaders QUIET)
-            if(NOT OpenCLHeaders_FOUND)
-                message(WARNING "OpenCLHeaders not found, but OpenCLICDLoader is installed. Please, install OpenCL headers")
-            else()
-                set_property(TARGET OpenCL::OpenCL APPEND PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES OpenCL::Headers)
-            endif()
-
-            # examples:
-            # - 'brew install opencl-clhpp-headers'
-            # - 'conan install opencl-clhpp-headers'
-            find_package(OpenCLHeadersCpp QUIET)
-            if(NOT OpenCLHeadersCpp_FOUND)
-                message(WARNING "OpenCLHeadersCpp not found, but OpenCLICDLoader is installed. Please, install OpenCL C++ headers")
-            else()
-                get_target_property(opencl_cpp_include_dirs OpenCL::HeadersCpp INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
-                set_property(TARGET OpenCL::OpenCL APPEND PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES OpenCL::HeadersCpp)
-            endif()
-        else()
-            # try to find system OpenCL:
-            # - 'apt-get install opencl-headers ocl-icd-opencl-dev'
-            # - 'yum install ocl-icd-devel opencl-headers'
-            # - 'conda install khronos-opencl-icd-loader -c conda-forge'
-            # - 'vcpkg install opencl:<triplet>'
-            find_package(OpenCL QUIET)
-        endif()
+        # - 'apt-get install opencl-headers ocl-icd-opencl-dev'
+        # - 'yum install ocl-icd-devel opencl-headers'
+        # - 'conda install khronos-opencl-icd-loader -c conda-forge'
+        # - 'vcpkg install opencl:<triplet>'
+        # - 'conan install opencl-headers opencl-clhpp-headers opencl-icd-loader'
+        # - 'brew install opencl-headers opencl-clhpp-headers opencl-icd-loader'
+        find_package(OpenCL QUIET)
     endif()
 
     if(TARGET OpenCL::OpenCL)
@@ -124,18 +98,6 @@ if(ENABLE_INTEL_GPU)
             set_target_properties(OpenCL::OpenCL PROPERTIES
                 INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "${opencl_interface_definitions}")
         endif()
-
-        # set variables for onednn_gpu
-        if(OpenCLHeaders_FOUND)
-            set(OpenCL_INCLUDE_DIR "$<TARGET_PROPERTY:OpenCL::Headers,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>")
-            set(OpenCL_LIBRARY "$<TARGET_PROPERTY:OpenCL::OpenCL,IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE>")
-        elseif(OpenCL_FOUND)
-            # find_package(OpenCL) already defines OpenCL_INCLUDE_DIR and OpenCL_LIBRARY
-            # see https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/FindOpenCL.html
-            message(STATUS "Found OpenCL (ver. ${OpenCL_VERSION_STRING}, include dirs ${OpenCL_INCLUDE_DIRS})")
-        else()
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Internal error: cannot find OpenCL headers")
-        endif()
     else()
         add_subdirectory(thirdparty/ocl)
     endif()