diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b50d3d9d..b71f13740 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ ELSE()
     # Add in the external dependency libraries 
     IF (CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "^Intel")
         SET(COMPILER_OPTIONS "Intel" CACHE STRING "Compiler identified as Intel")
-        FIND_PACKAGE(MKL) # Possibly not needed any more due to BLAS and LAPACK being found
     ELSEIF (CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
         SET(COMPILER_OPTIONS "GNU" CACHE STRING "Compiler identified as gfortran")
     ELSE ()
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindMKL.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindMKL.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e48932c3..000000000
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindMKL.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022 - David Minton, Carlisle Wishard, Jennifer Pouplin, Jake Elliott, & Dana Singh
-# This file is part of Swiftest.
-# Swiftest is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License 
-# as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-# Swiftest is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty 
-# of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Swiftest. 
-# If not, see: https://www.gnu.org/licenses. 
-
-# - Finds the Intel MKL libraries 
-find_path(MKL_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES mkl.h HINTS ENV MKLROOT PATH_SUFFIXES include)
-find_library(MKL_LIBRARY NAMES libmkl_core.a  HINTS ENV MKLROOT PATH_SUFFIXES lib lib/intel64 )
-
-set(MKL_FOUND TRUE)
-set(MKL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${MKL_INCLUDE_DIR})
-set(MKL_LIBRARIES ${MKL_LIBRARY})
-mark_as_advanced(MKL_LIBRARY MKL_INCLUDE_DIR)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/SetSwiftestFlags.cmake b/cmake/Modules/SetSwiftestFlags.cmake
index 9fb7a1faf..e4dbafb68 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/SetSwiftestFlags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/SetSwiftestFlags.cmake
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ ELSEIF (COMPILER_OPTIONS STREQUAL "Intel")
         )
         # Aligns a variable to a specified boundary and offset
         SET_COMPILE_FLAG(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS}"
-            Fortran "/align:all /align:array64byte" # Intel
+            Fortran "/align:all /align:array64byte" # Intel Windows
         )
         # Enables changing the variable and array memory layout
         SET_COMPILE_FLAG(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS}"
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ ELSEIF (COMPILER_OPTIONS STREQUAL "Intel")
         )
         # Enables changing the variable and array memory layout
         SET_COMPILE_FLAG(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS}"
-            Fortran "-pad" # Intel Windows
+            Fortran "-pad" # Intel 
+        )
+        SET_COMPILE_FLAG(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS}"
+            Fortran "-mkl" # Intel 
         )
     ENDIF ()
 ENDIF ()