diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b715bb21b23cc803f15eadc1aabe3c2936f8be9e..3b8dba654f09c784c2af059f0dbbeaa8bb1b0748 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ with_lapack
 with_suitesparse
 with_petsc
 with_eigen
-with_mpi
 enable_gpu
 '
 
@@ -484,9 +483,6 @@ do
       mpivendor)
       conf_options="$conf_options -DMPI_VENDOR=$ac_optarg"
       ;;
-      mpi)
-      conf_options="$conf_options -DMPI_C_COMPILER=$ac_optarg/bin/mpicc -DMPI_CXX_COMPILER=$ac_optarg/bin/mpic++ -DMPI_Fortran_COMPILER=mpif90"
-      ;;
       *) ac_unrecognized_opts="$ac_unrecognized_opts$ac_unrecognized_sep--with-$ac_useropt_orig"
 	 ac_unrecognized_sep=', ';;
     esac
diff --git a/install b/install
index cc3dd2687cf74cd68a24f7ec1421916093e1c3e5..f84aaf6c6d9845833483a18995cded02758558fc 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -291,10 +291,6 @@ fi
 call_test_working_mpi_options=0
 set_mpi $i_dir $ncore $gpu_support $CC $CXX $F77 $FC
 
-if [ -d "$i_dir/MPI" ]; then
-    configure_options=" $configure_options --with-mpi=$i_dir/MPI "
-fi
-
 ### METIS and ParMETIS must be installed independently from sistem wide installation
 
 ./script/install_Parmetis.sh $i_dir $ncore