diff --git a/doc/Doxyfile.in b/doc/Doxyfile.in
index b1cb9c9744..9414b66f09 100644
--- a/doc/Doxyfile.in
+++ b/doc/Doxyfile.in
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ PREDEFINED             = __cplusplus=1 \
                          CV_DEFAULT(x)=" = x" \
                          CV_NEON=1 \
                          CV_SSE2=1 \
-                         FLANN_DEPRECATED=
+                         CV_DEPRECATED=
 EXPAND_AS_DEFINED      =
 SKIP_FUNCTION_MACROS   = YES
 TAGFILES               =
diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/cvdef.h b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/cvdef.h
index 810ec56ed3..9e2b1ed7fd 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/cvdef.h
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/cvdef.h
@@ -369,6 +369,16 @@ Cv64suf;
 #  define CV_EXPORTS
 #endif
 
+#ifndef CV_DEPRECATED
+#  if defined(__GNUC__)
+#    define CV_DEPRECATED __attribute__ ((deprecated))
+#  elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+#    define CV_DEPRECATED __declspec(deprecated)
+#  else
+#    define CV_DEPRECATED
+#  endif
+#endif
+
 #ifndef CV_EXTERN_C
 #  ifdef __cplusplus
 #    define CV_EXTERN_C extern "C"
diff --git a/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann.hpp b/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann.hpp
index 19a98f19e5..22c6ffcf19 100644
--- a/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann.hpp
+++ b/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann.hpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ can be found in @cite Muja2009 .
 namespace cvflann
 {
     CV_EXPORTS flann_distance_t flann_distance_type();
-    FLANN_DEPRECATED CV_EXPORTS void set_distance_type(flann_distance_t distance_type, int order);
+    CV_DEPRECATED CV_EXPORTS void set_distance_type(flann_distance_t distance_type, int order);
 }
 
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public:
 
         ::cvflann::IndexParams getParameters() { return nnIndex->getParameters(); }
 
-        FLANN_DEPRECATED const ::cvflann::IndexParams* getIndexParameters() { return nnIndex->getIndexParameters(); }
+        CV_DEPRECATED const ::cvflann::IndexParams* getIndexParameters() { return nnIndex->getIndexParameters(); }
 
 private:
         ::cvflann::Index<Distance>* nnIndex;
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ public:
     typedef typename L2<T>::ElementType ElementType;
     typedef typename L2<T>::ResultType DistanceType;
 
-    FLANN_DEPRECATED Index_(const Mat& dataset, const ::cvflann::IndexParams& params)
+    CV_DEPRECATED Index_(const Mat& dataset, const ::cvflann::IndexParams& params)
     {
         printf("[WARNING] The cv::flann::Index_<T> class is deperecated, use cv::flann::GenericIndex<Distance> instead\n");
 
@@ -368,13 +368,13 @@ public:
         if (nnIndex_L1) nnIndex_L1->buildIndex();
         if (nnIndex_L2) nnIndex_L2->buildIndex();
     }
-    FLANN_DEPRECATED ~Index_()
+    CV_DEPRECATED ~Index_()
     {
         if (nnIndex_L1) delete nnIndex_L1;
         if (nnIndex_L2) delete nnIndex_L2;
     }
 
-    FLANN_DEPRECATED void knnSearch(const std::vector<ElementType>& query, std::vector<int>& indices, std::vector<DistanceType>& dists, int knn, const ::cvflann::SearchParams& searchParams)
+    CV_DEPRECATED void knnSearch(const std::vector<ElementType>& query, std::vector<int>& indices, std::vector<DistanceType>& dists, int knn, const ::cvflann::SearchParams& searchParams)
     {
         ::cvflann::Matrix<ElementType> m_query((ElementType*)&query[0], 1, query.size());
         ::cvflann::Matrix<int> m_indices(&indices[0], 1, indices.size());
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ public:
         if (nnIndex_L1) nnIndex_L1->knnSearch(m_query,m_indices,m_dists,knn,searchParams);
         if (nnIndex_L2) nnIndex_L2->knnSearch(m_query,m_indices,m_dists,knn,searchParams);
     }
-    FLANN_DEPRECATED void knnSearch(const Mat& queries, Mat& indices, Mat& dists, int knn, const ::cvflann::SearchParams& searchParams)
+    CV_DEPRECATED void knnSearch(const Mat& queries, Mat& indices, Mat& dists, int knn, const ::cvflann::SearchParams& searchParams)
     {
         CV_Assert(queries.type() == CvType<ElementType>::type());
         CV_Assert(queries.isContinuous());
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ public:
         if (nnIndex_L2) nnIndex_L2->knnSearch(m_queries,m_indices,m_dists,knn, searchParams);
     }
 
-    FLANN_DEPRECATED int radiusSearch(const std::vector<ElementType>& query, std::vector<int>& indices, std::vector<DistanceType>& dists, DistanceType radius, const ::cvflann::SearchParams& searchParams)
+    CV_DEPRECATED int radiusSearch(const std::vector<ElementType>& query, std::vector<int>& indices, std::vector<DistanceType>& dists, DistanceType radius, const ::cvflann::SearchParams& searchParams)
     {
         ::cvflann::Matrix<ElementType> m_query((ElementType*)&query[0], 1, query.size());
         ::cvflann::Matrix<int> m_indices(&indices[0], 1, indices.size());
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ public:
         if (nnIndex_L2) return nnIndex_L2->radiusSearch(m_query,m_indices,m_dists,radius,searchParams);
     }
 
-    FLANN_DEPRECATED int radiusSearch(const Mat& query, Mat& indices, Mat& dists, DistanceType radius, const ::cvflann::SearchParams& searchParams)
+    CV_DEPRECATED int radiusSearch(const Mat& query, Mat& indices, Mat& dists, DistanceType radius, const ::cvflann::SearchParams& searchParams)
     {
         CV_Assert(query.type() == CvType<ElementType>::type());
         CV_Assert(query.isContinuous());
@@ -429,32 +429,32 @@ public:
         if (nnIndex_L2) return nnIndex_L2->radiusSearch(m_query,m_indices,m_dists,radius,searchParams);
     }
 
-    FLANN_DEPRECATED void save(String filename)
+    CV_DEPRECATED void save(String filename)
     {
         if (nnIndex_L1) nnIndex_L1->save(filename);
         if (nnIndex_L2) nnIndex_L2->save(filename);
     }
 
-    FLANN_DEPRECATED int veclen() const
+    CV_DEPRECATED int veclen() const
     {
         if (nnIndex_L1) return nnIndex_L1->veclen();
         if (nnIndex_L2) return nnIndex_L2->veclen();
     }
 
-    FLANN_DEPRECATED int size() const
+    CV_DEPRECATED int size() const
     {
         if (nnIndex_L1) return nnIndex_L1->size();
         if (nnIndex_L2) return nnIndex_L2->size();
     }
 
-    FLANN_DEPRECATED ::cvflann::IndexParams getParameters()
+    CV_DEPRECATED ::cvflann::IndexParams getParameters()
     {
         if (nnIndex_L1) return nnIndex_L1->getParameters();
         if (nnIndex_L2) return nnIndex_L2->getParameters();
 
     }
 
-    FLANN_DEPRECATED const ::cvflann::IndexParams* getIndexParameters()
+    CV_DEPRECATED const ::cvflann::IndexParams* getIndexParameters()
     {
         if (nnIndex_L1) return nnIndex_L1->getIndexParameters();
         if (nnIndex_L2) return nnIndex_L2->getIndexParameters();
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ int hierarchicalClustering(const Mat& features, Mat& centers, const ::cvflann::K
 /** @deprecated
 */
 template <typename ELEM_TYPE, typename DIST_TYPE>
-FLANN_DEPRECATED int hierarchicalClustering(const Mat& features, Mat& centers, const ::cvflann::KMeansIndexParams& params)
+CV_DEPRECATED int hierarchicalClustering(const Mat& features, Mat& centers, const ::cvflann::KMeansIndexParams& params)
 {
     printf("[WARNING] cv::flann::hierarchicalClustering<ELEM_TYPE,DIST_TYPE> is deprecated, use "
         "cv::flann::hierarchicalClustering<Distance> instead\n");
diff --git a/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/defines.h b/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/defines.h
index f0264f74e3..cab6ea9c0a 100644
--- a/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/defines.h
+++ b/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/defines.h
@@ -50,19 +50,6 @@
 #endif
 
 
-#ifdef FLANN_DEPRECATED
-#undef FLANN_DEPRECATED
-#endif
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-#define FLANN_DEPRECATED __attribute__ ((deprecated))
-#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
-#define FLANN_DEPRECATED __declspec(deprecated)
-#else
-#pragma message("WARNING: You need to implement FLANN_DEPRECATED for this compiler")
-#define FLANN_DEPRECATED
-#endif
-
-
 #undef FLANN_PLATFORM_32_BIT
 #undef FLANN_PLATFORM_64_BIT
 #if defined __amd64__ || defined __x86_64__ || defined _WIN64 || defined _M_X64
diff --git a/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/flann_base.hpp b/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/flann_base.hpp
index 98c33cf6c0..98901afec1 100644
--- a/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/flann_base.hpp
+++ b/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/flann_base.hpp
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public:
     /**
      * \brief Returns actual index
      */
-    FLANN_DEPRECATED NNIndex<Distance>* getIndex()
+    CV_DEPRECATED NNIndex<Distance>* getIndex()
     {
         return nnIndex_;
     }
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public:
      * \brief Returns index parameters.
      * \deprecated use getParameters() instead.
      */
-    FLANN_DEPRECATED  const IndexParams* getIndexParameters()
+    CV_DEPRECATED  const IndexParams* getIndexParameters()
     {
         return &index_params_;
     }
diff --git a/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/matrix.h b/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/matrix.h
index 51b6c6352c..f6092d134e 100644
--- a/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/matrix.h
+++ b/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/matrix.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public:
     /**
      * Convenience function for deallocating the storage data.
      */
-    FLANN_DEPRECATED void free()
+    CV_DEPRECATED void free()
     {
         fprintf(stderr, "The cvflann::Matrix<T>::free() method is deprecated "
                 "and it does not do any memory deallocation any more.  You are"