diff --git a/optimum/intel/generation/modeling.py b/optimum/intel/generation/modeling.py
index 07cb8bc98c..19d5413a3e 100644
--- a/optimum/intel/generation/modeling.py
+++ b/optimum/intel/generation/modeling.py
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ def _from_pretrained(
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def _from_transformers(
+    def _export(
         cls,
         model_id: str,
         config: PretrainedConfig,
@@ -437,3 +437,9 @@ def _from_transformers(
             model_dtype=torch_dtype,
             **kwargs,
         )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _from_transformers(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+        # TODO : add warning when from_pretrained_method is set to cls._export instead of cls._from_transformers when export=True
+        # logger.warning("The method `_from_transformers` is deprecated, please use `_export` instead")
+        return cls._export(*args, **kwargs)
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diff --git a/optimum/intel/neural_compressor/modeling_base.py b/optimum/intel/neural_compressor/modeling_base.py
index 5cd224146a..e71a29d3b2 100644
--- a/optimum/intel/neural_compressor/modeling_base.py
+++ b/optimum/intel/neural_compressor/modeling_base.py
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ def generate(self, *args, **kwargs):
             )
         return self.model.generate(*args, **kwargs)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def _export(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError(f"Export not supported for INC model {cls.__name__}")
 
 class INCModelForQuestionAnswering(INCModel):
     auto_model_class = AutoModelForQuestionAnswering