diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index a543ebbcd75..ff1a12cac24 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #     sycl_asan:
 #     sycl_trisycl:
 #     mkl:          Enable full mkl support.
-#     mkl_open_source_only: Enable MKL support only using open source MKL libraries.
 #     tensorrt:     Enable Tensorrt support.
 #     ngraph:       Enable ngraph support.
 #     numa:         Enable numa using hwloc.
@@ -140,13 +139,6 @@ build:mkl --define=tensorflow_mkldnn_contraction_kernel=0
 build:mkl --define=build_with_mkl_dnn_v1_only=true
 build:mkl -c opt
 
-# This config option is used to enable MKL-DNN open source library only,
-# without depending on MKL binary version.
-build:mkl_open_source_only --define=build_with_mkl_dnn_only=true
-build:mkl_open_source_only --define=build_with_mkl_dnn_v1_only=true
-build:mkl_open_source_only --define=build_with_mkl=true --define=enable_mkl=true
-build:mkl_open_source_only --define=tensorflow_mkldnn_contraction_kernel=0
-
 # This config refers to building with CUDA available. It does not necessarily
 # mean that we build CUDA op kernels.
 build:using_cuda --define=using_cuda=true