diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d374331801..7ea66298814 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${MLIR_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 include_directories(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include)
-add_definitions(${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
 
 cmake_dependent_option(AIE_ENABLE_BINDINGS_PYTHON
   "Enables building of Python bindings." ON "MLIR_ENABLE_BINDINGS_PYTHON" OFF)
diff --git a/mlir_exercises/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir_exercises/CMakeLists.txt
index 9519a851a1e..078e6455dfc 100755
--- a/mlir_exercises/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir_exercises/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${MLIR_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 include_directories(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include)
-add_definitions(${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
 
 if(ENABLE_CHESS_TESTS)
 set(CONFIG_ENABLE_CHESS_TESTS 1)
diff --git a/programming_examples/CMakeLists.txt b/programming_examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 5596a16e153..19fd34df990 100755
--- a/programming_examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/programming_examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${MLIR_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 include_directories(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include)
-add_definitions(${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
 
 if(ENABLE_CHESS_TESTS)
 set(CONFIG_ENABLE_CHESS_TESTS 1)
diff --git a/programming_guide/CMakeLists.txt b/programming_guide/CMakeLists.txt
index 28ee145d6e3..1e505ecae49 100755
--- a/programming_guide/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/programming_guide/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${MLIR_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 include_directories(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include)
-add_definitions(${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
 
 if(ENABLE_CHESS_TESTS)
 set(CONFIG_ENABLE_CHESS_TESTS 1)
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index eec7dda8ca3..86eb4c0bd94 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${MLIR_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 include_directories(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include)
-add_definitions(${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
 
 if(WIN32)
   file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${PEANO_INSTALL_DIR}" PEANO_INSTALL_DIR)
diff --git a/utils/mlir_aie_wheels/python_bindings/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/mlir_aie_wheels/python_bindings/CMakeLists.txt
index 664fd372db1..306d584f595 100644
--- a/utils/mlir_aie_wheels/python_bindings/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/mlir_aie_wheels/python_bindings/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${MLIR_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${AIE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 link_directories(${LLVM_BUILD_LIBRARY_DIR})
-add_definitions(${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
 
 include(MLIRDetectPythonEnv)
 include(AddMLIRPython)