diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/cvdef.h b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/cvdef.h
index 87fe88594e..b48dcdd7fa 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/cvdef.h
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/cvdef.h
@@ -307,10 +307,16 @@ enum CpuFeatures {
 #define CV_2PI 6.283185307179586476925286766559
 #define CV_LOG2 0.69314718055994530941723212145818
 
+#if defined (__ARM_FP16_FORMAT_IEEE)
+#  define CV_FP16_TYPE 1
+#else
+#  define CV_FP16_TYPE 0
+#endif
+
 typedef union Cv16suf
 {
     short i;
-#if ( defined (__arm__) || defined (__aarch64__) ) && !defined (__CUDACC__) && ( defined (__GNUC__) && ( ( ( 4 <= __GNUC__ ) && ( 7 <= __GNUC_MINOR__ ) ) || ( 5 <= __GNUC__ ) ) )
+#if CV_FP16_TYPE
     __fp16 h;
 #endif
     struct _fp16Format
diff --git a/modules/core/src/convert.cpp b/modules/core/src/convert.cpp
index dc2da5e611..de36cc67a2 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/convert.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/convert.cpp
@@ -4380,7 +4380,7 @@ struct Cvt_SIMD<float, int>
 
 #endif
 
-#if !( ( defined (__arm__) || defined (__aarch64__) ) && ( defined (__GNUC__) && ( ( ( 4 <= __GNUC__ ) && ( 7 <= __GNUC_MINOR__ ) ) || ( 5 <= __GNUC__ ) ) ) )
+#if !CV_FP16_TYPE
 // const numbers for floating points format
 const unsigned int kShiftSignificand    = 13;
 const unsigned int kMaskFp16Significand = 0x3ff;
@@ -4388,7 +4388,7 @@ const unsigned int kBiasFp16Exponent    = 15;
 const unsigned int kBiasFp32Exponent    = 127;
 #endif
 
-#if ( defined (__arm__) || defined (__aarch64__) ) && ( defined (__GNUC__) && ( ( ( 4 <= __GNUC__ ) && ( 7 <= __GNUC_MINOR__ ) ) || ( 5 <= __GNUC__ ) ) )
+#if CV_FP16_TYPE
 static float convertFp16SW(short fp16)
 {
     // Fp16 -> Fp32
@@ -4450,7 +4450,7 @@ static float convertFp16SW(short fp16)
 }
 #endif
 
-#if ( defined (__arm__) || defined (__aarch64__) ) && ( defined (__GNUC__) && ( ( ( 4 <= __GNUC__ ) && ( 7 <= __GNUC_MINOR__ ) ) || ( 5 <= __GNUC__ ) ) )
+#if CV_FP16_TYPE
 static short convertFp16SW(float fp32)
 {
     // Fp32 -> Fp16