diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 1e40ec7a410..69959673d50 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ release(
             "@onedal//cpp/oneapi/dal:dynamic_dpc",
             "@onedal//cpp/oneapi/dal:static_parameters_dpc",
             "@onedal//cpp/oneapi/dal:dynamic_parameters_dpc",
-            # TODO: Add onedal_sycl
         ],
         "//conditions:default": [],
     }),
diff --git a/cmake/templates/oneDALConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/templates/oneDALConfig.cmake.in
index 397a7b73669..f6aa42bdc7b 100644
--- a/cmake/templates/oneDALConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/templates/oneDALConfig.cmake.in
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ endif()
 # ONEDAL_LINK: static | dynamic. Default is dynamic
 # ONEDAL_USE_DPCPP: yes | no. Default is yes
 # ONEDAL_INTERFACE: yes | no. Default is no
+
+# Internal variables:
 # ONEDAL_SET_TBB_MANUALLY: yes | no. Default is no
+# MKL_DEPENDENCY: yes | no. Default is no
+# MATH_BACKEND: mkl | ref. Default is mkl
 unset(DAL_LIBS)
 
 # default CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE to Release
@@ -61,8 +65,24 @@ if(NOT DEFINED ONEDAL_SET_TBB_MANUALLY AND DEFINED SET_TBB_MANUALLY)
   set(ONEDAL_SET_TBB_MANUALLY ${SET_TBB_MANUALLY})
 endif()
 
-if ("${ONEDAL_LINK}" STREQUAL "")
+if ("${REF_BACKEND}" STREQUAL "" OR "${REF_BACKEND}" STREQUAL "OFF")
+    set(MATH_BACKEND "mkl")
+elseif ("${REF_BACKEND}" STREQUAL "ON")
+    set(MATH_BACKEND "ref")
+elseif (NOT "${REF_BACKEND}" STREQUAL "OFF" AND NOT "${REF_BACKEND}" STREQUAL "ON")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "REF_BACKEND must be 'ON' or 'OFF'")
+endif()
+
+if ("${ONEDAL_LINK}" STREQUAL "" OR "${ONEDAL_LINK}" STREQUAL "dynamic")
     set(ONEDAL_LINK "dynamic")
+    set(MKL_DEPENDENCY "no")
+elseif ("${ONEDAL_LINK}" STREQUAL "static")
+    set(ONEDAL_LINK "static")
+    if("${MATH_BACKEND}" STREQUAL "mkl")
+        set(MKL_DEPENDENCY "yes")
+    elseif("${MATH_BACKEND}" STREQUAL "ref")
+        set(MKL_DEPENDENCY "no")
+    endif()
 elseif (NOT "${ONEDAL_LINK}" STREQUAL "static" AND NOT "${ONEDAL_LINK}" STREQUAL "dynamic")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "ONEDAL_LINK must be 'static' or 'dynamic'")
 endif()
@@ -92,6 +112,9 @@ message(STATUS "ONEDAL_LINK:             ${ONEDAL_LINK}")
 message(STATUS "ONEDAL_USE_DPCPP:        ${ONEDAL_USE_DPCPP}")
 message(STATUS "ONEDAL_INTERFACE:        ${ONEDAL_INTERFACE}")
 message(STATUS "ONEDAL_SET_TBB_MANUALLY: ${ONEDAL_SET_TBB_MANUALLY}")
+message(STATUS "MATH_BACKEND:            ${MATH_BACKEND}")
+message(STATUS "REF_BACKEND:             ${REF_BACKEND}")
+message(STATUS "MKL_DEPENDENCY:          ${MKL_DEPENDENCY}")
 message(STATUS "ONEDAL_USE_DPCPP:        ${ONEDAL_USE_DPCPP}")
 
 if (NOT DAL_LIBRARIES)
@@ -116,15 +139,29 @@ elseif (@VERSIONS_SET@ STREQUAL "FALSE")
     string(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define __INTEL_DAAL_MINOR_BINARY__ ([0-9]+).*" "\\1" _dal_ver_minor_bin "${DAL_VERSION_INFO}")
 endif()
 
+if(MKL_DEPENDENCY STREQUAL "yes")
+    set(MKL_THREADING "tbb_thread")
+    set(MKL_SYCL_LINK "static")
+    set(MKL_LINK "static")
+    set(MKL_SYCL_INTERFACE_FULL "intel_ilp64")
+    set(MKL_INTERFACE_FULL "intel_ilp64")
+    find_package(MKL REQUIRED MKL::MKL_SYCL)
+endif()
+
 if (ONEDAL_USE_DPCPP STREQUAL "yes" AND ONEDAL_INTERFACE STREQUAL "no")
-    list(APPEND DAL_LIBS onedal_sycl${DAL_DEBUG_SUFFIX})
+    if(MKL_DEPENDENCY STREQUAL "yes")
+        list(APPEND oneDAL_IMPORTED_TARGETS MKL::mkl_sycl${DAL_DEBUG_SUFFIX})
+    endif()
 elseif (ONEDAL_USE_DPCPP STREQUAL "no" AND ONEDAL_INTERFACE STREQUAL "yes")
     list(APPEND DAL_LIBS onedal${DAL_DEBUG_SUFFIX})
     if(ONEDAL_USE_PARAMETERS_LIBRARY)
         list(APPEND DAL_LIBS onedal_parameters${DAL_DEBUG_SUFFIX})
     endif()
 elseif (ONEDAL_USE_DPCPP STREQUAL "yes" AND ONEDAL_INTERFACE STREQUAL "yes")
-    list(APPEND DAL_LIBS onedal_dpc${DAL_DEBUG_SUFFIX} onedal_sycl${DAL_DEBUG_SUFFIX})
+    list(APPEND DAL_LIBS onedal_dpc${DAL_DEBUG_SUFFIX})
+    if(MKL_DEPENDENCY STREQUAL "yes")
+        list(APPEND oneDAL_IMPORTED_TARGETS MKL::mkl_sycl${DAL_DEBUG_SUFFIX})
+    endif()
     if(ONEDAL_USE_PARAMETERS_LIBRARY)
         list(APPEND DAL_LIBS onedal_parameters_dpc${DAL_DEBUG_SUFFIX})
     endif()
@@ -212,7 +249,7 @@ foreach (_dal_component ${DAL_LIBS})
 
     set(oneDAL_${_dal_component}_FOUND 0)
 
-    if (${ONEDAL_LINK} STREQUAL "static" OR ${_dal_component} STREQUAL "onedal_sycl")
+    if (${ONEDAL_LINK} STREQUAL "static")
         add_library(oneDAL::${_dal_component} STATIC IMPORTED)
         find_library(
             _dal_lib
@@ -233,7 +270,7 @@ foreach (_dal_component ${DAL_LIBS})
                             INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${_dal_include_dir}")
     unset(_dal_include_dir)
 
-    if (WIN32 AND ${ONEDAL_LINK} STREQUAL "dynamic" AND NOT ${_dal_component} STREQUAL "onedal_sycl")
+    if (WIN32 AND ${ONEDAL_LINK} STREQUAL "dynamic")
         find_file(${_dal_component}_dll ${_dal_component}.${_dal_ver_major_bin}.dll PATHS "${_dal_root}/@DLL_REL_PATH@")
         set_target_properties(oneDAL::${_dal_component} PROPERTIES
                               IMPORTED_LOCATION "${${_dal_component}_dll}"
diff --git a/dev/bazel/deps/onedal.bzl b/dev/bazel/deps/onedal.bzl
index f8ea37776fc..807ee94b5d5 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/deps/onedal.bzl
+++ b/dev/bazel/deps/onedal.bzl
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ onedal_repo = repos.prebuilt_libs_repo_rule(
         "lib/intel64/libonedal_thread.a",
         "lib/intel64/libonedal.a",
         "lib/intel64/libonedal_dpc.a",
-        "lib/intel64/libonedal_sycl.a",
         "lib/intel64/libonedal_parameters.a",
         "lib/intel64/libonedal_parameters_dpc.a",
 
diff --git a/dev/bazel/deps/onedal.tpl.BUILD b/dev/bazel/deps/onedal.tpl.BUILD
index 94632276eb6..439cf78be00 100644
--- a/dev/bazel/deps/onedal.tpl.BUILD
+++ b/dev/bazel/deps/onedal.tpl.BUILD
@@ -34,16 +34,6 @@ cc_library(
     ],
 )
 
-cc_library(
-    name = "onedal_sycl",
-    srcs = [
-        "lib/intel64/libonedal_sycl.a",
-    ],
-    deps = [
-        ":headers",
-    ],
-)
-
 cc_library(
     name = "parameters_static",
     srcs = [
@@ -82,7 +72,7 @@ cc_library(
     ],
     deps = [
         ":headers",
-        ":onedal_sycl",
+        "@mkl//:mkl_dpc",
         ":parameters_static_dpc",
     ],
 )
@@ -150,7 +140,7 @@ cc_library(
     ],
     deps = [
         ":headers",
-        ":onedal_sycl",
+        "@mkl//:mkl_dpc",
         ":parameters_dynamic_dpc",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/docs/source/get-started/build-and-run-examples.rst b/docs/source/get-started/build-and-run-examples.rst
index aef14141ea9..ba4d40fb78b 100644
--- a/docs/source/get-started/build-and-run-examples.rst
+++ b/docs/source/get-started/build-and-run-examples.rst
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ basic usage scenarios of |short_name| with DPCPP. Go to
 #. Set up the compiler environment for |dpcpp|.
    See |dpcpp_gsg|_ for details.
 
+#. Set up oneMKL environment in case of static linking:
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+
+      source mkl/latest/env/vars.sh
+
 #. Build and run examples:
 
    .. note::
diff --git a/docs/source/onedal/build_app/build-application.rst b/docs/source/onedal/build_app/build-application.rst
index 4092a3256ad..b774e56743a 100644
--- a/docs/source/onedal/build_app/build-application.rst
+++ b/docs/source/onedal/build_app/build-application.rst
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Applications on Linux* OS
 
      .. code-block:: text
 
-        <install dir>/dal/latest/lib/libonedal_sycl.a
+        <install dir>/mkl/latest/lib/libmkl_sycl.a
 
 .. _app_on_win:
 
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 91922e98f0b..50c0d1cc740 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -990,19 +990,6 @@ $(foreach x,$(release.PARAMETERS.LIBS_Y.dpc),$(eval $(call .release.y_win,$x,$(R
 endif
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(MKLGPUDIR),)
-# Copies the file to the destination directory and renames daal -> onedal
-# $1: Path to the file to be copied
-# $2: Destination directory
-define .release.sycl.old
-_release_common: $2/$(subst mkl_sycl$d.$a,onedal_sycl$d.$a,$(notdir $1))
-$2/$(subst mkl_sycl$d.$a,onedal_sycl$d.$a,$(notdir $1)): $(call frompf1,$1) | $2/. ; $(value cpy)
-endef
-
-$(foreach t,$(mklgpu.HEADERS),$(eval $(call .release.sycl.old,$t,$(RELEASEDIR.include.mklgpu))))
-$(foreach t,$(daaldep.math_backend.sycl), $(eval $(call .release.sycl.old,$t,$(RELEASEDIR.libia))))
-endif
-
 _release_c: ./deploy/pkg-config/pkg-config.tpl
 	python ./deploy/pkg-config/generate_pkgconfig.py --output_dir $(RELEASEDIR.pkgconfig) --template_name ./deploy/pkg-config/pkg-config.tpl
 
diff --git a/samples/oneapi/dpc/ccl/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/oneapi/dpc/ccl/CMakeLists.txt
index 8836a9cc69e..6a519e5b8d7 100644
--- a/samples/oneapi/dpc/ccl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/oneapi/dpc/ccl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ set(ONEDAL_USE_CCL yes)
 set(MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS "1" CACHE STRING "Number of processes")
 set(MPIEXEC_NUMPROCS_PER_NODE "1" CACHE STRING "Number of processes per node")
 
-
-set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "mpiicx")
+set(MPI_C_COMPILER "mpiicx")
+set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "icx")
 if(WIN32)
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "mpiicx")
+    set(MPI_CXX_COMPILER "mpiicx")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "icx")
 elseif(UNIX)
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "mpiicpx")
+    set(MPI_CXX_COMPILER "mpiicpx")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "icpx")
 endif()
 
 # Add cmake scripts and modules to CMake search path
diff --git a/samples/oneapi/dpc/ccl/makefile_lnx b/samples/oneapi/dpc/ccl/makefile_lnx
index 41066086b5c..4e14b4c6ff4 100644
--- a/samples/oneapi/dpc/ccl/makefile_lnx
+++ b/samples/oneapi/dpc/ccl/makefile_lnx
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ endif
 MPI_PATH = $(I_MPI_ROOT)
 CCL_PATH = $(CCL_ROOT)
 
+# This file uses an outdated build system that is no longer supported.
+# Please use CMake for building, as dependencies for this file are not updated.
 ifeq ($(RES_EXT),so)
     ONEDAL_LIBS := -lonedal_dpc                              \
                    -lonedal_core                             \
diff --git a/samples/oneapi/dpc/mpi/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/oneapi/dpc/mpi/CMakeLists.txt
index 3846bda92f6..007bc97b1e2 100644
--- a/samples/oneapi/dpc/mpi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/oneapi/dpc/mpi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,11 +23,14 @@ set(ONEDAL_USE_CCL no)
 set(MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS "4" CACHE STRING "Number of processes")
 set(MPIEXEC_NUMPROCS_PER_NODE "4" CACHE STRING "Number of processes per node")
 
-set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "mpiicx")
+set(MPI_C_COMPILER "mpiicx")
+set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "icx")
 if(WIN32)
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "mpiicx")
+    set(MPI_CXX_COMPILER "mpiicx")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "icx")
 elseif(UNIX)
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "mpiicpx")
+    set(MPI_CXX_COMPILER "mpiicpx")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "icpx")
 endif()
 
 # Add cmake scripts and modules to CMake search path
diff --git a/samples/oneapi/dpc/mpi/makefile_lnx b/samples/oneapi/dpc/mpi/makefile_lnx
index e22e9e9872f..a06f67889f2 100644
--- a/samples/oneapi/dpc/mpi/makefile_lnx
+++ b/samples/oneapi/dpc/mpi/makefile_lnx
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ endif
 
 MPI_PATH = $(I_MPI_ROOT)
 
+# This file uses an outdated build system that is no longer supported.
+# Please use CMake for building, as dependencies for this file are not updated.
 ifeq ($(RES_EXT),so)
     ONEDAL_LIBS := -lonedal_dpc                              \
                    -lonedal_core                             \