diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/igraph.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/igraph.hpp
index 613f2de19ea366..2101f81fc57e6b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/igraph.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/igraph.hpp
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 #include "intel_npu/utils/zero/zero_init.hpp"
 #include "intel_npu/utils/zero/zero_utils.hpp"
 #include "intel_npu/utils/zero/zero_wrappers.hpp"
-#include "openvino/runtime/aligned_buffer.hpp"
 #include "openvino/runtime/profiling_info.hpp"
+#include "openvino/runtime/shared_buffer.hpp"
 
 namespace intel_npu {
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/npu.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/npu.hpp
index a86aa62bd0963b..61ff29e5904297 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/npu.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/npu.hpp
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ class ICompilerAdapter {
                                             const Config& config) const = 0;
     virtual std::shared_ptr<IGraph> parse(std::shared_ptr<ov::AlignedBuffer> networkSOPtr, const Config& config) const = 0;
     virtual ov::SupportedOpsMap query(const std::shared_ptr<const ov::Model>& model, const Config& config) const = 0;
-    virtual ov::intel_npu::CompilerType getCompilerType() const = 0;
 
     virtual ~ICompilerAdapter() = default;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/driver_compiler_adapter.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/driver_compiler_adapter.hpp
index 9f30c82da7f0d7..31f5fe9aafb986 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/driver_compiler_adapter.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/driver_compiler_adapter.hpp
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ class DriverCompilerAdapter final : public ICompilerAdapter {
 
     ov::SupportedOpsMap query(const std::shared_ptr<const ov::Model>& model, const Config& config) const override;
 
-    ov::intel_npu::CompilerType getCompilerType() const override {
-        return ov::intel_npu::CompilerType::DRIVER;
-    }
-
 private:
     /**
      * @brief Serialize input / output information to string format.
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/driver_graph.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/driver_graph.hpp
index 6dc1a0a5bc39e6..3edcfdb14395c6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/driver_graph.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/driver_graph.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 #include "intel_npu/common/igraph.hpp"
 #include "intel_npu/utils/zero/zero_init.hpp"
-#include "openvino/runtime/shared_buffer.hpp"
 #include "ze_graph_ext_wrappers.hpp"
 
 namespace intel_npu {
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/plugin_compiler_adapter.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/plugin_compiler_adapter.hpp
index 841d5a6c3c6131..c20fe5ef11643e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/plugin_compiler_adapter.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/plugin_compiler_adapter.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include "intel_npu/icompiler.hpp"
 #include "intel_npu/utils/logger/logger.hpp"
 #include "intel_npu/utils/zero/zero_init.hpp"
-#include "openvino/runtime/shared_buffer.hpp"
 #include "openvino/runtime/so_ptr.hpp"
 #include "ze_graph_ext_wrappers.hpp"
 
@@ -26,10 +25,6 @@ class PluginCompilerAdapter final : public ICompilerAdapter {
 
     ov::SupportedOpsMap query(const std::shared_ptr<const ov::Model>& model, const Config& config) const override;
 
-    ov::intel_npu::CompilerType getCompilerType() const override {
-        return ov::intel_npu::CompilerType::MLIR;
-    }
-
 private:
     std::shared_ptr<ZeroInitStructsHolder> _zeroInitStruct;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/ze_graph_ext_wrappers.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/ze_graph_ext_wrappers.hpp
index 45ec893cefa008..d6ba89472663a2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/ze_graph_ext_wrappers.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/ze_graph_ext_wrappers.hpp
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #include "intel_npu/utils/zero/zero_init.hpp"
 #include "intel_npu/utils/zero/zero_types.hpp"
 
-#include "openvino/runtime/aligned_buffer.hpp"
-
 namespace intel_npu {
 
 using SerializedIR = std::pair<size_t, std::shared_ptr<uint8_t>>;
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/plugin_graph.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/plugin_graph.cpp
index 52dff5faa42f67..55d83025bb6aa9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/plugin_graph.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/plugin_graph.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "intel_npu/config/common.hpp"
 #include "intel_npu/config/runtime.hpp"
 #include "intel_npu/utils/zero/zero_api.hpp"
-#include "openvino/runtime/shared_buffer.hpp"
 
 namespace intel_npu {
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/src/plugin.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/src/plugin.cpp
index 9334bd453ec697..80442a4f0f46e5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/src/plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/src/plugin.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "openvino/op/parameter.hpp"
 #include "openvino/runtime/intel_npu/properties.hpp"
 #include "openvino/runtime/properties.hpp"
-#include "openvino/runtime/shared_buffer.hpp"
 #include "plugin_compiler_adapter.hpp"
 #include "remote_context.hpp"
 #include "zero_backend.hpp"