diff --git a/3rdparty/tbb/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/tbb/CMakeLists.txt
index de71e575df..fd8ef32184 100644
--- a/3rdparty/tbb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/tbb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ if (HAVE_LIBPTHREAD)
   add_definitions(-DUSE_PTHREAD) #required for Unix
 endif()
 
-if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX AND NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_CLANGCXX)
   add_definitions(-DTBB_USE_GCC_BUILTINS=1) #required for ARM GCC
 endif()
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d2752a05d8..7adf8ca26d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -712,10 +712,6 @@ endif()
 # ========================== C/C++ options ==========================
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION)
   set(OPENCV_COMPILER_STR "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1} (ver ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION})")
-elseif(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_CLANGCXX)
-  set(OPENCV_COMPILER_STR "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1} (ver ${CMAKE_CLANG_REGEX_VERSION})")
-elseif(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
-  set(OPENCV_COMPILER_STR "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1} (ver ${CMAKE_GCC_REGEX_VERSION})")
 else()
   set(OPENCV_COMPILER_STR "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1}")
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVDetectCUDA.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVDetectCUDA.cmake
index d2548f9af5..30b5093542 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVDetectCUDA.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVDetectCUDA.cmake
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ if(CUDA_FOUND)
     endif()
 
     # disabled because of multiple warnings during building nvcc auto generated files
-    if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX AND CMAKE_GCC_REGEX_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "4.6.0")
+    if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "4.6.0")
       ocv_warnings_disable(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS -Wunused-but-set-variable)
     endif()
 
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVDetectCXXCompiler.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVDetectCXXCompiler.cmake
index b84c8f3c77..7ce78d23fb 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVDetectCXXCompiler.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVDetectCXXCompiler.cmake
@@ -42,49 +42,11 @@ if(MSVC AND CMAKE_C_COMPILER MATCHES "icc|icl")
   set(CV_ICC   __INTEL_COMPILER_FOR_WINDOWS)
 endif()
 
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Detect GNU version:
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_CLANGCXX)
-  set(CMAKE_GCC_REGEX_VERSION "4.2.1")
-  set(CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_MAJOR 4)
-  set(CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_MINOR 2)
-  set(CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION 42)
-  set(CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_NUM 402)
-
-  execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1} -v
-                  ERROR_VARIABLE CMAKE_OPENCV_CLANG_VERSION_FULL
-                  ERROR_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-
-  string(REGEX MATCH "version.*$" CMAKE_OPENCV_CLANG_VERSION_FULL "${CMAKE_OPENCV_CLANG_VERSION_FULL}")
-  string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" CMAKE_CLANG_REGEX_VERSION "${CMAKE_OPENCV_CLANG_VERSION_FULL}")
-
-elseif(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
-  execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1} -dumpversion
-                OUTPUT_VARIABLE CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_FULL
-                OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-
-  execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1} -v
-                ERROR_VARIABLE CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_INFO_FULL
-                OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-
-  # Typical output in CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_FULL: "c+//0 (whatever) 4.2.3 (...)"
-  # Look for the version number
-  string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" CMAKE_GCC_REGEX_VERSION "${CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_FULL}")
-  if(NOT CMAKE_GCC_REGEX_VERSION)
-    string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" CMAKE_GCC_REGEX_VERSION "${CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_FULL}")
-  endif()
-
-  # Split the three parts:
-  string(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]+" CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSIONS "${CMAKE_GCC_REGEX_VERSION}")
-
-  list(GET CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSIONS 0 CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_MAJOR)
-  list(GET CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSIONS 1 CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_MINOR)
-
-  set(CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION ${CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_MAJOR}${CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_MINOR})
-  math(EXPR CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_NUM "${CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_MAJOR}*100 + ${CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_MINOR}")
-  message(STATUS "Detected version of GNU GCC: ${CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION} (${CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_NUM})")
+if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION)
+  message(WARNING "Compiler version is not available: CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION is not set")
+endif()
 
+if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
   if(WIN32)
     execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -dumpmachine
               OUTPUT_VARIABLE OPENCV_GCC_TARGET_MACHINE
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsVideo.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsVideo.cmake
index ac8c65f2ed..146043f6b5 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsVideo.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsVideo.cmake
@@ -84,23 +84,16 @@ if(WITH_PVAPI)
       set(PVAPI_SDK_SUBDIR arm)
     endif()
 
-    get_filename_component(_PVAPI_LIBRARY "${PVAPI_INCLUDE_PATH}/../lib-pc" ABSOLUTE)
-    if(PVAPI_SDK_SUBDIR)
-      set(_PVAPI_LIBRARY "${_PVAPI_LIBRARY}/${PVAPI_SDK_SUBDIR}")
-    endif()
-    if(NOT WIN32 AND CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
-      set(_PVAPI_LIBRARY "${_PVAPI_LIBRARY}/${CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_MINOR}")
-    endif()
+    get_filename_component(_PVAPI_LIBRARY_HINT "${PVAPI_INCLUDE_PATH}/../lib-pc" ABSOLUTE)
 
-    if(WIN32)
-      if(MINGW)
-        set(PVAPI_DEFINITIONS "-DPVDECL=__stdcall")
-      endif(MINGW)
-      set(PVAPI_LIBRARY "${_PVAPI_LIBRARY}/PvAPI.lib" CACHE PATH "The PvAPI library")
-    else(WIN32)
-      set(PVAPI_LIBRARY "${_PVAPI_LIBRARY}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}PvAPI${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}" CACHE PATH "The PvAPI library")
-    endif(WIN32)
-    if(EXISTS "${PVAPI_LIBRARY}")
+    find_library(PVAPI_LIBRARY NAMES "PvAPI" PATHS "${_PVAPI_LIBRARY_HINT}")
+
+    if(PVAPI_LIBRARY)
+      if(WIN32)
+        if(MINGW)
+          set(PVAPI_DEFINITIONS "-DPVDECL=__stdcall")
+        endif(MINGW)
+      endif()
       set(HAVE_PVAPI TRUE)
     endif()
   endif(PVAPI_INCLUDE_PATH)
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVPackaging.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVPackaging.cmake
index 92c573dd13..cab9f7dd85 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVPackaging.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVPackaging.cmake
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ set(STD_OPENCV_DEV libopencv-dev)
 
 set(ABI_VERSION_SUFFIX "")
 if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
-  if(${CMAKE_OPENCV_GCC_VERSION_MAJOR} EQUAL 5)
+  if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 5 AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 6)
      set(ABI_VERSION_SUFFIX "v5")
   endif()
 endif()