diff --git a/scripts/ci/dependency_check.sh b/scripts/ci/dependency_check.sh
index 947877ed06e..be374175aab 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/dependency_check.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/dependency_check.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 set -ev
 
-if [ "$(uname)" != "Darwin" ]; then
-    sudo apt-get -y install libgirepository1.0-dev libcairo2-dev gir1.2-secret-1
-fi
-
 REPO_ROOT="$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})/../.."
 
 # Uninstall any cruft that can poison the rest of the checks in this script.
diff --git a/scripts/install_full.sh b/scripts/install_full.sh
index 736c7ad1bd0..bdda1836ef8 100755
--- a/scripts/install_full.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_full.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,5 @@ pushd ${REPO_ROOT} > /dev/null
 
 find src/ -name setup.py -type f | xargs -I {} dirname {} | grep -v azure-cli-testsdk | xargs pip install --no-deps
 pip install -r ./src/azure-cli/requirements.$(python ./scripts/get-python-version.py).$(uname).txt
-if [ -f "./src/azure-cli/requirements.opt.$(python ./scripts/get-python-version.py).$(uname).txt" ]; then
-    echo "./src/azure-cli/requirements.opt.$(python ./scripts/get-python-version.py).$(uname).txt exists."
-    pip install -r ./src/azure-cli/requirements.opt.$(python ./scripts/get-python-version.py).$(uname).txt
-fi
+
 popd > /dev/null
diff --git a/scripts/release/debian/Dockerfile b/scripts/release/debian/Dockerfile
index 7fe630f18d8..3f621ac5c7d 100644
--- a/scripts/release/debian/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/release/debian/Dockerfile
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ FROM ${base_image} AS build-env
 
 # Update APT packages
 RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get install -y libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev debhelper zlib1g-dev wget libgirepository1.0-dev \
-    libcairo2-dev gir1.2-secret-1 gnome-keyring
+RUN apt-get install -y libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev debhelper zlib1g-dev wget
+
 # Download Python source code
 ARG python_version="3.6.10"
 ENV PYTHON_SRC_DIR=/usr/src/python
diff --git a/scripts/release/debian/build.sh b/scripts/release/debian/build.sh
index 332d9ca8e0f..1c3530afba4 100755
--- a/scripts/release/debian/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/debian/build.sh
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 apt-get update
 apt-get install -y libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev debhelper zlib1g-dev
 apt-get install -y wget
-apt-get install -y libgirepository1.0-dev libcairo2-dev gir1.2-secret-1 pkg-config gnome-keyring libgtk2.0-dev
-apt-get install -y glib-2.0 gir1.2-gtk-3.0
 
 # Download Python source code
 PYTHON_SRC_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
@@ -35,22 +33,16 @@ $PYTHON_SRC_DIR/*/configure --srcdir $PYTHON_SRC_DIR/* --prefix $WORKDIR/python_
 make
 make install
 
+$WORKDIR/python_env/bin/python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip==21.0.1
+
 export PATH=$PATH:$WORKDIR/python_env/bin
 
 find ${WORKDIR}/src/ -name setup.py -type f | xargs -I {} dirname {} | grep -v azure-cli-testsdk | xargs pip3 install --no-deps
 pip3 install -r ${WORKDIR}/src/azure-cli/requirements.py3.$(uname).txt
-if [[ -f "${WORKDIR}/src/azure-cli/requirements.opt.py3.$(uname).txt" && "${CLI_VERSION_REVISION:=1}" != *"trusty" && "${CLI_VERSION_REVISION:=1}" != *"jessie" ]]; then
-    pip3 install -r ${WORKDIR}/src/azure-cli/requirements.opt.py3.$(uname).txt
-fi
 
 # Create create directory for debian build
 mkdir -p $WORKDIR/debian
-if [[ "${CLI_VERSION_REVISION:=1}" == *"trusty" || "${CLI_VERSION_REVISION:=1}" == *"jessie" ]]; then
-    $SCRIPT_DIR/prepare.sh $WORKDIR/debian $WORKDIR/az.completion $WORKDIR
-else
-    PYOBJECT_DEPENDENCY="gir1.2-secret-1, gnome-keyring"
-    $SCRIPT_DIR/prepare.sh $WORKDIR/debian $WORKDIR/az.completion $WORKDIR $PYOBJECT_DEPENDENCY
-fi
+$SCRIPT_DIR/prepare.sh $WORKDIR/debian $WORKDIR/az.completion $WORKDIR
 
 cd $WORKDIR
 dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
diff --git a/scripts/release/debian/prepare.sh b/scripts/release/debian/prepare.sh
index 325509176fe..ab3ec5f9181 100755
--- a/scripts/release/debian/prepare.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/debian/prepare.sh
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ TAB=$'\t'
 debian_dir=$1
 completion_script=$2
 source_dir=$3
-setup_depends=""
-if [ ! -z "$4" ]; then
-    setup_depends=$4
-fi
-
 mkdir $debian_dir/source
 
 echo '1.0' > $debian_dir/source/format
@@ -63,7 +58,7 @@ Homepage: https://github.com/azure/azure-cli
 
 Package: azure-cli
 Architecture: all
-Depends: \${shlibs:Depends}, \${misc:Depends}, $setup_depends
+Depends: \${shlibs:Depends}, \${misc:Depends}
 Description: Azure CLI
  A great cloud needs great tools; we're excited to introduce Azure CLI,
  our next generation multi-platform command line experience for Azure.
diff --git a/scripts/release/rpm/Dockerfile.centos b/scripts/release/rpm/Dockerfile.centos
index f02d34f4921..a3ca29f1324 100644
--- a/scripts/release/rpm/Dockerfile.centos
+++ b/scripts/release/rpm/Dockerfile.centos
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ FROM centos:${tag} AS build-env
 ARG cli_version=dev
 
 RUN yum update -y
-RUN yum install -y wget rpm-build gcc libffi-devel python3-devel openssl-devel make bash coreutils diffutils patch dos2unix python3-virtualenv gobject-introspection-devel cairo-devel pkgconfig cairo-gobject-devel
+RUN yum install -y wget rpm-build gcc libffi-devel python3-devel openssl-devel make bash coreutils diffutils patch dos2unix python3-virtualenv
 
 WORKDIR /azure-cli
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RUN dos2unix ./scripts/release/rpm/azure-cli.spec && \
 FROM centos:${tag} AS execution-env
 
 RUN yum update -y
-RUN yum install -y python3 python3-virtualenv cairo cairo-gobject
+RUN yum install -y python3 python3-virtualenv
 
 COPY --from=build-env /azure-cli-dev.rpm ./
 RUN rpm -i ./azure-cli-dev.rpm && \
diff --git a/scripts/release/rpm/Dockerfile.fedora b/scripts/release/rpm/Dockerfile.fedora
index 9a926a3a06c..c95d7b31f39 100644
--- a/scripts/release/rpm/Dockerfile.fedora
+++ b/scripts/release/rpm/Dockerfile.fedora
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ FROM fedora:${tag} AS build-env
 ARG cli_version=dev
 
 RUN dnf update -y
-RUN dnf install -y wget rpm-build gcc libffi-devel python3-devel python3-virtualenv openssl-devel make bash coreutils diffutils patch dos2unix perl gobject-introspection-devel cairo-devel pkgconfig cairo-gobject-devel
+RUN dnf install -y wget rpm-build gcc libffi-devel python3-devel python3-virtualenv openssl-devel make bash coreutils diffutils patch dos2unix perl
 
 WORKDIR /azure-cli
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN dos2unix ./scripts/release/rpm/azure-cli.spec && \
 
 FROM fedora:${tag} AS execution-env
 
-RUN dnf install -y python3 python3-virtualenv cairo cairo-gobject
+RUN dnf install -y python3 python3-virtualenv
 
 COPY --from=build-env /azure-cli-dev.rpm ./
 RUN rpm -i ./azure-cli-dev.rpm
diff --git a/scripts/release/rpm/azure-cli.spec b/scripts/release/rpm/azure-cli.spec
index 1f601ee69ec..d172dc91092 100644
--- a/scripts/release/rpm/azure-cli.spec
+++ b/scripts/release/rpm/azure-cli.spec
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ Version:        %{version}
 Release:        %{release}
 Url:            https://docs.microsoft.com/cli/azure/install-azure-cli
 BuildArch:      x86_64
-Requires:       %{python_cmd}, cairo, cairo-gobject
+Requires:       %{python_cmd}
 
-BuildRequires:  gcc, libffi-devel, openssl-devel, perl, binutils
-BuildRequires:  %{python_cmd}-devel, gobject-introspection-devel, cairo-devel, pkgconfig, cairo-gobject-devel
+BuildRequires:  gcc, libffi-devel, openssl-devel, perl
+BuildRequires:  %{python_cmd}-devel
 
 %global _python_bytecompile_errors_terminate_build 0
 
@@ -48,22 +48,13 @@ deactivate
 
 # Fix up %{buildroot} appearing in some files...
 for d in %{buildroot}%{cli_lib_dir}/bin/*; do perl -p -i -e "s#%{buildroot}##g" $d; done;
-for d in %{buildroot}%{cli_lib_dir}/lib/pkgconfig/*; do perl -p -i -e "s#%{buildroot}##g" $d; done;
 
 # Create executable
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
-python_version=$(ls %{buildroot}%{cli_lib_dir}/lib/ | grep "^python" | head -n 1)
+python_version=$(ls %{buildroot}%{cli_lib_dir}/lib/ | head -n 1)
 printf "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nAZ_INSTALLER=RPM PYTHONPATH=%{cli_lib_dir}/lib/${python_version}/site-packages /usr/bin/%{python_cmd} -sm azure.cli \"\$@\"" > %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/az
 rm %{buildroot}%{cli_lib_dir}/bin/python* %{buildroot}%{cli_lib_dir}/bin/pip*
 
-# strip debug info which contains build root info
-set +e
-find "%{buildroot}%{cli_lib_dir}/lib/${python_version}/site-packages/gi" -type f -name "*.so" | while read so_file
-do
-    strip --strip-debug "$so_file"
-done
-set -e
-
 # Remove unused Network SDK API versions
 pushd %{buildroot}%{cli_lib_dir}/lib/${python_version}/site-packages/azure/mgmt/network/ > /dev/null
 rm -rf v2016_09_01 v2016_12_01 v2017_03_01 v2017_06_01 v2017_08_01 v2017_09_01 v2017_11_01 v2018_02_01 v2018_04_01 v2018_06_01 v2018_10_01 v2018_12_01 v2019_04_01 v2019_08_01 v2019_09_01 v2019_11_01 v2019_12_01 v2020_03_01
diff --git a/scripts/release/rpm/build.sh b/scripts/release/rpm/build.sh
index 269d63542bc..d59e9664b9c 100755
--- a/scripts/release/rpm/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/rpm/build.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 yum check-update
 yum install -y gcc rpm-build rpm-level rpmlint make bash corutils diffutils \
                path rpmdevtools python libffi-devel python3-devel openssl-devel \
-               wget gobject-introspection-devel cairo-devel pkg-config cairo-gobject-devel
+               wget
 
 set -ev
 
diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/_profile.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/_profile.py
index c10aad50e9f..158e7a26f40 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/_profile.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/_profile.py
@@ -635,18 +635,6 @@ def get_access_token_for_resource(self, username, tenant, resource):
         """get access token for current user account, used by vsts and iot module"""
         return self.get_access_token_for_scopes(username, tenant, *resource_to_scopes(resource))
 
-    def get_msal_token(self, scopes, data):
-        """
-        This is added for vmssh feature with backward compatible interface.
-        data contains token_type (ssh-cert), key_id and JWK.
-        """
-        account = self.get_subscription()
-        username = account[_USER_ENTITY][_USER_NAME]
-        subscription_id = account[_SUBSCRIPTION_ID]
-        credential, _, _ = self.get_login_credentials(subscription_id=subscription_id)
-        certificate = credential.get_token(*scopes, data=data)
-        return username, certificate.token
-
     @staticmethod
     def _try_parse_msi_account_name(account):
         user_name = account[_USER_ENTITY].get(_USER_NAME)
@@ -762,45 +750,15 @@ def get_raw_token(self, resource=None, scopes=None, subscription=None, tenant=No
 
     def get_msal_token(self, scopes, data):
         """
-        This is added only for vmssh feature.
-        It is a temporary solution and will deprecate after MSAL adopted completely.
+        This is added for vmssh feature with backward compatible interface.
+        data contains token_type (ssh-cert), key_id and JWK.
         """
-        from msal import ClientApplication
-        import posixpath
         account = self.get_subscription()
         username = account[_USER_ENTITY][_USER_NAME]
-        tenant = account[_TENANT_ID] or 'common'
-        _, refresh_token, _, _ = self.get_refresh_token()
-        authority = posixpath.join(self.cli_ctx.cloud.endpoints.active_directory, tenant)
-        app = ClientApplication(_CLIENT_ID, authority=authority)
-        result = app.acquire_token_by_refresh_token(refresh_token, scopes, data=data)
-        return username, result["access_token"]
-
-    def get_refresh_token(self, resource=None,
-                          subscription=None):
-        account = self.get_subscription(subscription)
-        user_type = account[_USER_ENTITY][_USER_TYPE]
-        username_or_sp_id = account[_USER_ENTITY][_USER_NAME]
-        resource = resource or self.cli_ctx.cloud.endpoints.active_directory_resource_id
-
-        # Use ARM as the default scopes
-        if not scopes:
-            scopes = resource_to_scopes(self.cli_ctx.cloud.endpoints.active_directory_resource_id)
-
-        if subscription and tenant:
-            raise CLIError("Please specify only one of subscription and tenant, not both")
-
-        account = self.get_subscription(subscription)
-        identity_credential = self._create_identity_credential(account, tenant)
-
-        from azure.cli.core.credential import CredentialAdaptor, _convert_token_entry
-        auth = CredentialAdaptor(identity_credential)
-        token = auth.get_token(*scopes)
-        # (tokenType, accessToken, tokenEntry)
-        cred = 'Bearer', token.token, _convert_token_entry(token)
-        return (cred,
-                None if tenant else str(account[_SUBSCRIPTION_ID]),
-                str(tenant if tenant else account[_TENANT_ID]))
+        subscription_id = account[_SUBSCRIPTION_ID]
+        credential, _, _ = self.get_login_credentials(subscription_id=subscription_id)
+        certificate = credential.get_token(*scopes, data=data)
+        return username, certificate.token
 
     def refresh_accounts(self, subscription_finder=None):
         subscriptions = self.load_cached_subscriptions()
diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/tests/test_profile.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/tests/test_profile.py
index e99d98476b5..1ba1171c2e9 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/tests/test_profile.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/tests/test_profile.py
@@ -1853,13 +1853,8 @@ def test_get_access_token_for_scopes(self, get_user_credential_mock):
         credential_mock.get_token.assert_called_with(*self.msal_scopes)
         self.assertEqual(token, self.raw_token1)
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(all_subscriptions), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(all_subscriptions[0].tenant_id, token_tenant)
-        self.assertEqual(all_subscriptions[0].home_tenant_id, home_tenant)
-
-    @mock.patch('azure.cli.core._profile.CredsCache.retrieve_token_for_user', autospec=True)
-    @mock.patch('msal.ClientApplication.acquire_token_by_refresh_token', autospec=True)
-    def test_get_msal_token(self, mock_acquire_token, mock_retrieve_token_for_user):
+    @mock.patch('azure.cli.core._identity.Identity.get_user_credential', autospec=True)
+    def test_get_msal_token(self, get_user_credential_mock):
         """
         This is added only for vmssh feature.
         It is a temporary solution and will deprecate after MSAL adopted completely.
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/requirements.py3.Darwin.txt b/src/azure-cli/requirements.py3.Darwin.txt
index c7c8458ffb0..1a5e2ff47e9 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/requirements.py3.Darwin.txt
+++ b/src/azure-cli/requirements.py3.Darwin.txt
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ jsmin==2.2.2
 knack==0.8.0rc2
 MarkupSafe==1.1.1
 mock==4.0.2
-msal==1.9.0
 msrest==0.6.21
 msrestazure==0.6.3
 oauthlib==3.0.1
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/requirements.py3.Linux.txt b/src/azure-cli/requirements.py3.Linux.txt
index c7c8458ffb0..1a5e2ff47e9 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/requirements.py3.Linux.txt
+++ b/src/azure-cli/requirements.py3.Linux.txt
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ jsmin==2.2.2
 knack==0.8.0rc2
 MarkupSafe==1.1.1
 mock==4.0.2
-msal==1.9.0
 msrest==0.6.21
 msrestazure==0.6.3
 oauthlib==3.0.1
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/requirements.py3.windows.txt b/src/azure-cli/requirements.py3.windows.txt
index 7d156a16643..4e222215d84 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/requirements.py3.windows.txt
+++ b/src/azure-cli/requirements.py3.windows.txt
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ jsmin==2.2.2
 knack==0.8.0rc2
 MarkupSafe==1.1.1
 mock==4.0.2
-msal==1.9.0
 msrest==0.6.21
 msrestazure==0.6.3
 oauthlib==3.0.1