diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index 4a51359252..0cea56ea39 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ ExperimentalAutoDetectBinPacking: false
 ForEachMacros:   [ foreach, Q_FOREACH, BOOST_FOREACH ]
 IncludeBlocks:   Regroup
 IncludeCategories:
-  - Regex:           '^.(common|core|documentation|manifests|offline_compiler|public|runtime|scripts|unit_tests)/'
+  - Regex:           '^.(core|documentation|manifests|offline_compiler|public|runtime|scripts|unit_tests)/'
     Priority:        1
   - Regex:           '^"test\.h"$'
     Priority:        1
diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index fc26a15239..f3691c74a5 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 Checks:          'clang-diagnostic-*,clang-analyzer-*,google-default-arguments,readability-identifier-naming,modernize-use-override,modernize-use-default-member-init,-clang-analyzer-alpha*'
 # WarningsAsErrors: '.*'
-HeaderFilterRegex: '/runtime/|/core/|/offline_compiler/|/common/'
+HeaderFilterRegex: '/runtime/|/core/|/offline_compiler/'
 AnalyzeTemporaryDtors: false
 CheckOptions:
   - key:             google-readability-braces-around-statements.ShortStatementLines
diff --git a/core/compiler_interface/linker.cpp b/core/compiler_interface/linker.cpp
index f76751f066..bd5cf86a61 100644
--- a/core/compiler_interface/linker.cpp
+++ b/core/compiler_interface/linker.cpp
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 
 #include "linker.h"
 
-#include "common/compiler_support.h"
 #include "core/helpers/debug_helpers.h"
 #include "core/helpers/ptr_math.h"
+#include "core/utilities/compiler_support.h"
 
 #include "RelocationInfo.h"
 
diff --git a/core/device_binary_format/device_binary_format_ocl_elf.cpp b/core/device_binary_format/device_binary_format_ocl_elf.cpp
index 1294c00a4a..cfe5c36ace 100644
--- a/core/device_binary_format/device_binary_format_ocl_elf.cpp
+++ b/core/device_binary_format/device_binary_format_ocl_elf.cpp
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "common/compiler_support.h"
 #include "core/compiler_interface/intermediate_representations.h"
 #include "core/device_binary_format/device_binary_formats.h"
 #include "core/device_binary_format/elf/elf_decoder.h"
 #include "core/device_binary_format/elf/elf_encoder.h"
 #include "core/device_binary_format/elf/ocl_elf.h"
+#include "core/utilities/compiler_support.h"
 
 #include <tuple>
 
diff --git a/core/helpers/CMakeLists.txt b/core/helpers/CMakeLists.txt
index a0064838f2..c4ea2a2a70 100644
--- a/core/helpers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/helpers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ set(NEO_CORE_HELPERS
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/array_count.h
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/aux_translation.h
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/basic_math.h
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bit_helpers.h
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/blit_commands_helper_base.inl
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/blit_commands_helper_bdw_plus.inl
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/blit_commands_helper.cpp
diff --git a/common/helpers/bit_helpers.h b/core/helpers/bit_helpers.h
similarity index 95%
rename from common/helpers/bit_helpers.h
rename to core/helpers/bit_helpers.h
index c02b317c6a..b6eb7443eb 100644
--- a/common/helpers/bit_helpers.h
+++ b/core/helpers/bit_helpers.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Intel Corporation
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
diff --git a/core/helpers/hash.h b/core/helpers/hash.h
index 29b0ca521b..4153ed0c71 100644
--- a/core/helpers/hash.h
+++ b/core/helpers/hash.h
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2017-2019 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2020 Intel Corporation
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
  */
 
 #pragma once
-#include "common/compiler_support.h"
 #include "core/helpers/aligned_memory.h"
+#include "core/utilities/compiler_support.h"
 
 #include <cstdint>
 
diff --git a/core/memory_manager/memory_manager.cpp b/core/memory_manager/memory_manager.cpp
index 04f627c33d..bdad400a46 100644
--- a/core/memory_manager/memory_manager.cpp
+++ b/core/memory_manager/memory_manager.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 #include "core/memory_manager/memory_manager.h"
 
-#include "common/compiler_support.h"
 #include "core/debug_settings/debug_settings_manager.h"
 #include "core/execution_environment/root_device_environment.h"
 #include "core/gmm_helper/gmm.h"
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "core/memory_manager/internal_allocation_storage.h"
 #include "core/os_interface/os_context.h"
 #include "core/os_interface/os_interface.h"
+#include "core/utilities/compiler_support.h"
 #include "core/utilities/stackvec.h"
 #include "runtime/command_stream/command_stream_receiver.h"
 
diff --git a/core/memory_manager/memory_manager.h b/core/memory_manager/memory_manager.h
index fbc6761251..1ee22d7e5e 100644
--- a/core/memory_manager/memory_manager.h
+++ b/core/memory_manager/memory_manager.h
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
  */
 
 #pragma once
-#include "common/helpers/bit_helpers.h"
 #include "core/command_stream/preemption_mode.h"
 #include "core/helpers/aligned_memory.h"
+#include "core/helpers/bit_helpers.h"
 #include "core/helpers/common_types.h"
 #include "core/helpers/engine_control.h"
 #include "core/memory_manager/allocation_properties.h"
diff --git a/core/unit_tests/.clang-tidy b/core/unit_tests/.clang-tidy
index 43f59e172b..4365adcff2 100644
--- a/core/unit_tests/.clang-tidy
+++ b/core/unit_tests/.clang-tidy
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 Checks:          'clang-diagnostic-*,clang-analyzer-*,google-default-arguments,modernize-use-override,modernize-use-default-member-init,-clang-analyzer-alpha*,readability-identifier-naming,-clang-analyzer-core.StackAddressEscape,-clang-analyzer-optin.performance.Padding,-clang-analyzer-security.insecureAPI.strcpy,-clang-analyzer-cplusplus.NewDeleteLeaks,-clang-analyzer-core.CallAndMessage,-clang-analyzer-core.uninitialized.Assign,-clang-analyzer-unix.MismatchedDeallocator,-clang-analyzer-core.NonNullParamChecker,-clang-analyzer-core.NullDereference,-clang-analyzer-cplusplus.NewDelete,-clang-analyzer-optin.cplusplus.VirtualCall'
 # WarningsAsErrors: '.*'
-HeaderFilterRegex: '/runtime/|/core/|/offline_compiler/|/common/'
+HeaderFilterRegex: '/runtime/|/core/|/offline_compiler/'
 AnalyzeTemporaryDtors: false
 CheckOptions:
   - key:             google-readability-braces-around-statements.ShortStatementLines
diff --git a/core/unit_tests/utilities/.clang-tidy b/core/unit_tests/utilities/.clang-tidy
index 628f8c0d3a..2b736b5b62 100644
--- a/core/unit_tests/utilities/.clang-tidy
+++ b/core/unit_tests/utilities/.clang-tidy
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 Checks:          'clang-diagnostic-*,clang-analyzer-*,google-default-arguments,modernize-use-override,modernize-use-default-member-init,-clang-analyzer-alpha*,readability-identifier-naming,-clang-analyzer-core.UndefinedBinaryOperatorResult'
 # WarningsAsErrors: '.*'
-HeaderFilterRegex: '/runtime/|/core/|/offline_compiler/|/common/'
+HeaderFilterRegex: '/runtime/|/core/|/offline_compiler/'
 AnalyzeTemporaryDtors: false
 CheckOptions:
   - key:             google-readability-braces-around-statements.ShortStatementLines
diff --git a/core/utilities/CMakeLists.txt b/core/utilities/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f64ab14dd..58053655d5 100644
--- a/core/utilities/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/utilities/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ set(NEO_CORE_UTILITIES
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/api_intercept.h
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/arrayref.h
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpuintrinsics.h
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compiler_support.h
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/const_stringref.h
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpu_info.h
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/debug_file_reader.cpp
diff --git a/common/compiler_support.h b/core/utilities/compiler_support.h
similarity index 86%
rename from common/compiler_support.h
rename to core/utilities/compiler_support.h
index 4021bb718b..c3f2b1c5f2 100644
--- a/common/compiler_support.h
+++ b/core/utilities/compiler_support.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Intel Corporation
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
diff --git a/runtime/helpers/mem_properties_parser_helper.h b/runtime/helpers/mem_properties_parser_helper.h
index 2473574979..f882c036b0 100644
--- a/runtime/helpers/mem_properties_parser_helper.h
+++ b/runtime/helpers/mem_properties_parser_helper.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #pragma once
-#include "common/helpers/bit_helpers.h"
+#include "core/helpers/bit_helpers.h"
 #include "core/memory_manager/allocation_properties.h"
 #include "public/cl_ext_private.h"
 
diff --git a/runtime/helpers/memory_properties_flags_helpers_base.inl b/runtime/helpers/memory_properties_flags_helpers_base.inl
index 2609176a6f..c6020b65ad 100644
--- a/runtime/helpers/memory_properties_flags_helpers_base.inl
+++ b/runtime/helpers/memory_properties_flags_helpers_base.inl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "common/helpers/bit_helpers.h"
+#include "core/helpers/bit_helpers.h"
 #include "public/cl_ext_private.h"
 #include "runtime/helpers/memory_properties_flags_helpers.h"
 
diff --git a/runtime/instrumentation/.clang-tidy b/runtime/instrumentation/.clang-tidy
index ef415f9e74..7575d9207d 100644
--- a/runtime/instrumentation/.clang-tidy
+++ b/runtime/instrumentation/.clang-tidy
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 Checks:          'clang-diagnostic-*,clang-analyzer-*,google-default-arguments,readability-identifier-naming,modernize-use-override,modernize-use-default-member-init,-clang-analyzer-alpha*'
 # WarningsAsErrors: '.*'
-HeaderFilterRegex: '/runtime/|/core/|/offline_compiler/|/common/'
+HeaderFilterRegex: '/runtime/|/core/|/offline_compiler/'
 AnalyzeTemporaryDtors: false
 CheckOptions:
   - key:             google-readability-braces-around-statements.ShortStatementLines
diff --git a/runtime/mem_obj/buffer_base.inl b/runtime/mem_obj/buffer_base.inl
index 3de612a57e..8a2a2978d5 100644
--- a/runtime/mem_obj/buffer_base.inl
+++ b/runtime/mem_obj/buffer_base.inl
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "common/helpers/bit_helpers.h"
 #include "core/execution_environment/execution_environment.h"
 #include "core/gmm_helper/gmm.h"
 #include "core/gmm_helper/resource_info.h"
 #include "core/helpers/aligned_memory.h"
+#include "core/helpers/bit_helpers.h"
 #include "core/helpers/hw_cmds.h"
 #include "runtime/helpers/surface_formats.h"
 #include "runtime/mem_obj/buffer.h"
diff --git a/runtime/mem_obj/image.cpp b/runtime/mem_obj/image.cpp
index 8d8e3b277a..ea6310daac 100644
--- a/runtime/mem_obj/image.cpp
+++ b/runtime/mem_obj/image.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 #include "runtime/mem_obj/image.h"
 
-#include "common/compiler_support.h"
 #include "core/debug_settings/debug_settings_manager.h"
 #include "core/gmm_helper/gmm.h"
 #include "core/gmm_helper/gmm_types_converter.h"
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "core/helpers/ptr_math.h"
 #include "core/helpers/string.h"
 #include "core/memory_manager/memory_manager.h"
+#include "core/utilities/compiler_support.h"
 #include "runtime/command_queue/command_queue.h"
 #include "runtime/context/context.h"
 #include "runtime/device/cl_device.h"
diff --git a/runtime/mem_obj/mem_obj.cpp b/runtime/mem_obj/mem_obj.cpp
index da13ab1248..5522533f90 100644
--- a/runtime/mem_obj/mem_obj.cpp
+++ b/runtime/mem_obj/mem_obj.cpp
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 
 #include "runtime/mem_obj/mem_obj.h"
 
-#include "common/helpers/bit_helpers.h"
 #include "core/gmm_helper/gmm.h"
 #include "core/gmm_helper/resource_info.h"
 #include "core/helpers/aligned_memory.h"
+#include "core/helpers/bit_helpers.h"
 #include "core/helpers/get_info.h"
 #include "core/memory_manager/deferred_deleter.h"
 #include "core/memory_manager/internal_allocation_storage.h"
diff --git a/runtime/mem_obj/mem_obj_helper.h b/runtime/mem_obj/mem_obj_helper.h
index c13ebb93da..bd7b26746a 100644
--- a/runtime/mem_obj/mem_obj_helper.h
+++ b/runtime/mem_obj/mem_obj_helper.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #pragma once
-#include "common/helpers/bit_helpers.h"
+#include "core/helpers/bit_helpers.h"
 #include "core/memory_manager/memory_manager.h"
 #include "core/memory_manager/unified_memory_manager.h"
 #include "public/cl_ext_private.h"
diff --git a/unit_tests/.clang-tidy b/unit_tests/.clang-tidy
index 43f59e172b..4365adcff2 100644
--- a/unit_tests/.clang-tidy
+++ b/unit_tests/.clang-tidy
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 Checks:          'clang-diagnostic-*,clang-analyzer-*,google-default-arguments,modernize-use-override,modernize-use-default-member-init,-clang-analyzer-alpha*,readability-identifier-naming,-clang-analyzer-core.StackAddressEscape,-clang-analyzer-optin.performance.Padding,-clang-analyzer-security.insecureAPI.strcpy,-clang-analyzer-cplusplus.NewDeleteLeaks,-clang-analyzer-core.CallAndMessage,-clang-analyzer-core.uninitialized.Assign,-clang-analyzer-unix.MismatchedDeallocator,-clang-analyzer-core.NonNullParamChecker,-clang-analyzer-core.NullDereference,-clang-analyzer-cplusplus.NewDelete,-clang-analyzer-optin.cplusplus.VirtualCall'
 # WarningsAsErrors: '.*'
-HeaderFilterRegex: '/runtime/|/core/|/offline_compiler/|/common/'
+HeaderFilterRegex: '/runtime/|/core/|/offline_compiler/'
 AnalyzeTemporaryDtors: false
 CheckOptions:
   - key:             google-readability-braces-around-statements.ShortStatementLines
diff --git a/unit_tests/helpers/bit_helpers_tests.cpp b/unit_tests/helpers/bit_helpers_tests.cpp
index ed2b9955ef..e8528c1e4d 100644
--- a/unit_tests/helpers/bit_helpers_tests.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/helpers/bit_helpers_tests.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Intel Corporation
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
  */
 
-#include "common/helpers/bit_helpers.h"
+#include "core/helpers/bit_helpers.h"
 
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 
diff --git a/unit_tests/os_interface/linux/.clang-tidy b/unit_tests/os_interface/linux/.clang-tidy
index d825181b92..a06dbe4ec3 100644
--- a/unit_tests/os_interface/linux/.clang-tidy
+++ b/unit_tests/os_interface/linux/.clang-tidy
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 Checks: 'clang-diagnostic-*,clang-analyzer-*,google-default-arguments,modernize-use-override,modernize-use-default-member-init,-clang-analyzer-alpha*,readability-identifier-naming,-clang-analyzer-optin.performance.Padding,-clang-analyzer-cplusplus.NewDelete,-clang-analyzer-cplusplus.NewDeleteLeaks,-clang-analyzer-optin.cplusplus.VirtualCall'
 # WarningsAsErrors: '.*'
-HeaderFilterRegex: '/runtime/|/core/|/offline_compiler/|/common/'
+HeaderFilterRegex: '/runtime/|/core/|/offline_compiler/'
 AnalyzeTemporaryDtors: false
 CheckOptions:
   - key:             google-readability-braces-around-statements.ShortStatementLines
diff --git a/unit_tests/utilities/.clang-tidy b/unit_tests/utilities/.clang-tidy
index 8435d77e9c..e0370eae27 100644
--- a/unit_tests/utilities/.clang-tidy
+++ b/unit_tests/utilities/.clang-tidy
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 Checks:          'clang-diagnostic-*,clang-analyzer-*,google-default-arguments,modernize-use-override,modernize-use-default-member-init,-clang-analyzer-alpha*,readability-identifier-naming,-clang-analyzer-core.UndefinedBinaryOperatorResult'
 # WarningsAsErrors: '.*'
-HeaderFilterRegex: '/runtime/|/core/|/offline_compiler/|/common/'
+HeaderFilterRegex: '/runtime/|/core/|/offline_compiler/'
 AnalyzeTemporaryDtors: false
 CheckOptions:
   - key:             google-readability-braces-around-statements.ShortStatementLines