diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index be0a287a8e3..e3d6df93c18 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ node_modules
 /.bazelrc
 /.tf_configure.bazelrc
 /bazel-*
+/bazel_pip
 /third_party/eigen3/mkl_include
 /third_party/mkl/*
 /third_party/py/numpy/numpy_include
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4e66e952c2b..05be9dc29b2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ if [ "$TF_NEED_MKL" == "1" ]; then # TF_NEED_MKL
     ARCHIVE_BASENAME=mklml_lnx_2018.0.20170425.tgz
     GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG=v0.7
     MKLURL="https://github.com/01org/mkl-dnn/releases/download/$GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG/$ARCHIVE_BASENAME"
-    if ! [ -e "$DST/third_party/mkl/$ARCHIVE_BASENAME" ]; then
-      wget --no-check-certificate -P $DST/third_party/mkl/ $MKLURL
+    if ! [ -e "${DST}/third_party/mkl/${ARCHIVE_BASENAME}" ]; then
+      curl -fSsL -o "${DST}/third_party/mkl/${ARCHIVE_BASENAME}" "${MKLURL}"
     fi
     tar -xzf $DST/third_party/mkl/$ARCHIVE_BASENAME -C $DST/third_party/mkl/
     extracted_dir_name="${ARCHIVE_BASENAME%.*}"
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/ci_build/builds/configured b/tensorflow/tools/ci_build/builds/configured
index 9fcf9169026..25cb51ea7cc 100755
--- a/tensorflow/tools/ci_build/builds/configured
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/ci_build/builds/configured
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ set -e
 CONTAINER_TYPE=$( echo "$1" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' )
 shift 1
 
-# Enable support for MKL, for Linux only.
-if [[ $(uname) == "Linux" ]]; then
-  export TF_NEED_MKL=1
-  export TF_DOWNLOAD_MKL=1
-fi
-
 # Enable support for Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
 export TF_NEED_GCP=1
 # Enable support for HDFS