diff --git a/docker/standalone/cpu-centos/Dockerfile b/docker/standalone/cpu-centos/Dockerfile
index c0dbff8d2..33953fef0 100644
--- a/docker/standalone/cpu-centos/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/standalone/cpu-centos/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ RUN rpm -iUvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/Packages/e/epel-rel
         redhat-rpm-config \
         tar \
         findutils \
-        make \
         gcc-c++ \
         cmake \
         git \
@@ -26,30 +25,12 @@ RUN rpm -iUvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/Packages/e/epel-rel
         net-tools \
         ufw \
         iptables \
-        atlas-devel \
-        boost-devel \
-        gflags-devel \
-        glog-devel \
-        hdf5-devel \
-        leveldb-devel \
-        lmdb-devel \
-        opencv-devel \
-        protobuf-devel \
-        snappy-devel \
-        protobuf-compiler \
-        freetype-devel \
-        libpng-devel \
-        python-devel \
-        python-numpy \
-        python-pip \
-        python-scipy \
-        gcc-gfortran \
-        libjpeg-turbo-devel && \
+        gcc-gfortran && \
     yum clean all
 
 # Install conda and Intel Caffe conda package
 WORKDIR /root/
-RUN wget -c https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda2-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh && \ 
+RUN wget --no-check-certificate -c https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda2-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh && \ 
     bash Miniconda2-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -b && \ 
     ./miniconda2/bin/conda config --add channels intel && \ 
     ./miniconda2/bin/conda install -c intel caffe && \ 
diff --git a/docker/standalone/cpu-ubuntu/Dockerfile b/docker/standalone/cpu-ubuntu/Dockerfile
index 239a07c1b..14fb0cca8 100644
--- a/docker/standalone/cpu-ubuntu/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/standalone/cpu-ubuntu/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ MAINTAINER caffe-maint@googlegroups.com
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-	    cpio \
+	bzip2 \
         build-essential \
         cmake \
         git \
@@ -17,31 +17,13 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         vim \
         net-tools \
         iputils-ping \
-        screen \
-        libmlx4-1 libmlx5-1 ibutils  rdmacm-utils libibverbs1 ibverbs-utils perftest infiniband-diags \
-        openmpi-bin libopenmpi-dev \
         ufw \
-        iptables \
-        libboost-all-dev \
-        libgflags-dev \
-        libgoogle-glog-dev \
-        libhdf5-serial-dev \
-        libleveldb-dev \
-        liblmdb-dev \
-        libopencv-dev \
-        libprotobuf-dev \
-        libsnappy-dev \
-        protobuf-compiler \
-        python-dev \
-        python-numpy \
-        python-pip \
-        python-setuptools \
-        python-scipy && \
+        iptables && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Install conda and Intel Caffe conda package
 WORKDIR /root/
-RUN wget -c https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda2-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh && \
+RUN wget --no-check-certificate -c https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda2-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh && \
     bash Miniconda2-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -b && \
     ./miniconda2/bin/conda config --add channels intel && \
     ./miniconda2/bin/conda install -c intel caffe && \