diff --git a/cmake/cblas.cmake b/cmake/cblas.cmake
index 8fdc382f0c1c453a01dba884a3dad216e1c3092c..b21fc43904d9aafe9f7d019dfbe5b1c0d3f9e2d6 100644
--- a/cmake/cblas.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cblas.cmake
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
 # Find the CBlas and lapack libraries
 #
-# It will search MKL, atlas, OpenBlas, reference-cblas in order.
+# It will search MKLML, atlas, OpenBlas, reference-cblas in order.
 #
 # If any cblas implementation found, the following variable will be set.
-#    CBLAS_PROVIDER  # one of MKL, ATLAS, OPENBLAS, REFERENCE
+#    CBLAS_PROVIDER  # one of MKLML, ATLAS, OPENBLAS, REFERENCE
 #    CBLAS_INC_DIR   # the include directory for cblas.
 #    CBLAS_LIBS      # a list of libraries should be linked by paddle.
 #                    # Each library should be full path to object file.
-#
-# User should set one of MKL_ROOT, ATLAS_ROOT, OPENBLAS_ROOT, REFERENCE_CBLAS_ROOT
-# during cmake. If none of them set, it will try to find cblas implementation in
-# system paths.
-#
 
 set(CBLAS_FOUND OFF)
 
@@ -30,44 +25,6 @@ if(WITH_MKLML AND MKLML_INC_DIR AND MKLML_LIB)
   return()
 endif()
 
-## Then find MKL.
-set(INTEL_MKL_ROOT "/opt/intel/mkl" CACHE PATH "Folder contains intel mkl libs")
-set(MKL_ROOT $ENV{MKL_ROOT} CACHE PATH "Folder contains env MKL")
-
-set(MKL_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS
-  ${MKL_ROOT}/include
-  ${INTEL_MKL_ROOT}/include)
-set(MKL_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS
-  ${MKL_ROOT}/lib
-  ${MKL_ROOT}/lib/intel64
-  ${INTEL_MKL_ROOT}/lib
-  ${INTEL_MKL_ROOT}/lib/intel64)
-
-find_path(MKL_INC_DIR mkl.h PATHS
-  ${MKL_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS})
-find_path(MKL_LAPACK_INC_DIR mkl_lapacke.h PATHS
-  ${MKL_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS})
-find_library(MKL_CORE_LIB NAMES mkl_core PATHS
-  ${MKL_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS})
-find_library(MKL_SEQUENTIAL_LIB NAMES mkl_sequential PATHS
-  ${MKL_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS})
-find_library(MKL_INTEL_LP64 NAMES mkl_intel_lp64 PATHS
-  ${MKL_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS})
-
-if(MKL_LAPACK_INC_DIR AND MKL_INC_DIR AND MKL_CORE_LIB AND MKL_SEQUENTIAL_LIB AND MKL_INTEL_LP64)
-  set(CBLAS_FOUND ON)
-  set(CBLAS_PROVIDER MKL)
-  set(CBLAS_INC_DIR ${MKL_INC_DIR} ${MKL_LAPACK_INC_DIR})
-  set(CBLAS_LIBRARIES ${MKL_INTEL_LP64} ${MKL_SEQUENTIAL_LIB} ${MKL_CORE_LIB})
-
-  add_definitions(-DPADDLE_USE_MKL)
-  add_definitions(-DLAPACK_FOUND)
-
-  message(STATUS "Found MKL (include: ${MKL_INC_DIR}, library: ${CBLAS_LIBRARIES})")
-  message(STATUS "Found lapack in MKL (include: ${MKL_LAPACK_INC_DIR})")
-  return()
-endif()
-
 ## Then find atlas.
 set(ATLAS_ROOT $ENV{ATLAS_ROOT} CACHE PATH "Folder contains Atlas")
 set(ATLAS_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS
diff --git a/cmake/external/openblas.cmake b/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
index 3f86e456cfbe55fe47e5b18e755e34829ebe9930..42ffd6cf347ea54ce059519770629761ae0256ee 100644
--- a/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CBLAS_INC_DIR})
 # linear algebra libraries for cc_library(xxx SRCS xxx.c DEPS cblas)
 SET(dummyfile ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cblas_dummy.c)
 FILE(WRITE ${dummyfile} "const char * dummy = \"${dummyfile}\";")
-IF(${CBLAS_PROVIDER} MATCHES MKL)
+IF(${CBLAS_PROVIDER} EQUAL MKLML)
     ADD_LIBRARY(cblas SHARED ${dummyfile})
 ELSE()
     ADD_LIBRARY(cblas STATIC ${dummyfile})
diff --git a/paddle/math/MathFunctions.cpp b/paddle/math/MathFunctions.cpp
index c2f17beeb87942ea681f5d388659c0d280157b26..ba86eacbb5d53ee43a60d2cd1dd922333a5d48f0 100644
--- a/paddle/math/MathFunctions.cpp
+++ b/paddle/math/MathFunctions.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ double dotProduct<double>(const int n, const double* x, const double* y) {
 }
 #endif
 
-#if defined(PADDLE_USE_MKL) || defined(PADDLE_USE_MKLML)
+#if defined(PADDLE_USE_MKLML)
 
 template <>
 void vExp<float>(const int n, const float* a, float* r) {
@@ -295,38 +295,6 @@ template void vAdd(const int n, const double* a, const double* b, double* r);
 
 #endif
 
-#ifdef PADDLE_USE_MKL
-template <>
-void vInvSqrt<float>(const int n, const float* a, float* r) {
-  vsInvSqrt(n, a, r);
-}
-
-template <>
-void vInvSqrt<double>(const int n, const double* a, double* r) {
-  vdInvSqrt(n, a, r);
-}
-
-template <>
-void vLog1p<float>(const int n, const float* a, float* r) {
-  vsLog1p(n, a, r);
-}
-
-template <>
-void vLog1p<double>(const int n, const double* a, double* r) {
-  vdLog1p(n, a, r);
-}
-
-template <>
-void vTanh<float>(const int n, const float* a, float* r) {
-  vsTanh(n, a, r);
-}
-
-template <>
-void vTanh<double>(const int n, const double* a, double* r) {
-  vdTanh(n, a, r);
-}
-#else
-
 DEFINE_MATRIX_BINARY_OP(vInvSqrt, b = 1.0f / std::sqrt(a));
 template <class T>
 void vInvSqrt(const int n, const T* a, T* r) {
@@ -357,6 +325,4 @@ template void vLog1p(const int n, const double* a, double* r);
 template void vTanh(const int n, const float* a, float* r);
 template void vTanh(const int n, const double* a, double* r);
 
-#endif
-
 }  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/math/MathFunctions.h b/paddle/math/MathFunctions.h
index 8193aa4adffc0409d8ea68417c68fa153a2942d8..f6e77029bdd75a602f88b688ca810f47ba4ee615 100644
--- a/paddle/math/MathFunctions.h
+++ b/paddle/math/MathFunctions.h
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ limitations under the License. */
 #include <mkl_vml_functions.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef PADDLE_USE_MKL
-#include <mkl.h>
-#include <mkl_lapacke.h>
-#endif
-
 #if defined(PADDLE_USE_ATLAS) || defined(PADDLE_USE_VECLIB)
 extern "C" {
 #include <cblas.h>
diff --git a/paddle/operators/math/math_function.h b/paddle/operators/math/math_function.h
index 1c9eabb2b78f1d69054b347f27854ee8ca3f3d1e..c2aaa1d7b7e920c3e6fd9ae4424eae725c3b7c0e 100644
--- a/paddle/operators/math/math_function.h
+++ b/paddle/operators/math/math_function.h
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ limitations under the License. */
 #include <mkl_vml_functions.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef PADDLE_USE_MKL
-#include <mkl.h>
-#include <mkl_lapacke.h>
-#endif
-
 #ifdef PADDLE_USE_ATLAS
 extern "C" {
 #include <cblas.h>