diff --git a/arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLFlattenLayer.h b/arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLFlattenLayer.h
index 88df4a7..ebc0e5e 100644
--- a/arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLFlattenLayer.h
+++ b/arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLFlattenLayer.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 /** Basic function to execute flatten. This function calls the following OpenCL kernel:
 *
-* -# @ref CLIm2ColKernel
+* -# @ref CLFlattenLayerKernel
 *
 */
 class CLFlattenLayer : public ICLSimpleFunction
@@ -41,11 +41,22 @@
 public:
     /** Initialise the kernel's input and output.
      *
-     * @param[in]  input  First input tensor to flatten with at least 3 dimensions. The dimensions over the third will be interpreted as batches. Data types supported: F16/F32
+     * @param[in]  input  First input tensor to flatten with at least 3 dimensions.
+     *                    The dimensions above the third will be interpreted as batches. Data types supported: U8/S8/QASYMM8/U16/S16/F16/U32/S32/F32
      * @param[out] output Output tensor with shape [w*h*d, input_batches] where:
-     *             w = width input tensor, h = height input tensor and d = depth input tensor. Data type supported: same as @p input
+     *                    w = width input tensor, h = height input tensor and d = depth input tensor. Data type supported: same as @p input
      */
     void configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output);
+    /** Static function to check if given info will lead to a valid configuration of @ref CLTranspose
+     *
+     * @param[in]  input  First input tensor to flatten with at least 3 dimensions.
+     *                    The dimensions above the third will be interpreted as batches. Data types supported: U8/S8/QASYMM8/U16/S16/F16/U32/S32/F32
+     * @param[out] output Output tensor with shape [w*h*d, input_batches] where:
+     *                    w = width input tensor, h = height input tensor and d = depth input tensor. Data type supported: same as @p input
+     *
+     * @return a status
+     */
+    static Status validate(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output);
 };
 } // namespace arm_compute
 
diff --git a/arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLFullyConnectedLayer.h b/arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLFullyConnectedLayer.h
index e8fe8e4..450cd83 100644
--- a/arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLFullyConnectedLayer.h
+++ b/arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLFullyConnectedLayer.h
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
 #include "arm_compute/runtime/CL/ICLSimpleFunction.h"
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixAccumulateBiasesKernel.h"
-#include "arm_compute/core/CL/kernels/CLIm2ColKernel.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/CL/kernels/CLTransposeKernel.h"
 #include "arm_compute/runtime/CL/CLMemoryGroup.h"
 #include "arm_compute/runtime/CL/CLTensor.h"
 #include "arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLConvertFullyConnectedWeights.h"
+#include "arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLFlattenLayer.h"
 #include "arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLGEMM.h"
 #include "arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyCore.h"
 #include "arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLGEMMLowpOutputStage.h"
@@ -130,14 +130,14 @@
     void configure_mm(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *weights, ICLTensor *output);
 
     CLMemoryGroup                                       _memory_group;
-    CLIm2ColKernel                                      _im2col_kernel;
     CLConvertFullyConnectedWeights                      _convert_weights;
+    CLFlattenLayer                                      _flatten_layer;
     CLFullyConnectedLayerReshapeWeights                 _reshape_weights_kernel;
     CLGEMM                                              _mm_gemm;
     CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyCore                        _mm_gemmlowp;
     CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPoint _gemmlowp_output_stage;
     CLGEMMMatrixAccumulateBiasesKernel                  _accumulate_biases_kernel;
-    CLTensor                                            _im2col_output;
+    CLTensor                                            _flatten_output;
     CLTensor                                            _gemmlowp_output;
     CLTensor                                            _converted_weights_output;
     CLTensor                                            _reshape_weights_output;