diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile-envoy-alpine b/ci/Dockerfile-envoy-alpine
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..82d8287264a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/Dockerfile-envoy-alpine
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FROM frolvlad/alpine-glibc
+
+ADD build_release_stripped/envoy /usr/local/bin/envoy
diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile-envoy-alpine-debug b/ci/Dockerfile-envoy-alpine-debug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7cef9e93f99cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/Dockerfile-envoy-alpine-debug
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FROM frolvlad/alpine-glibc
+
+ADD build_release/envoy /usr/local/bin/envoy
diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile-envoy-image b/ci/Dockerfile-envoy-image
index bd84854292677..db5618ec4b7cf 100644
--- a/ci/Dockerfile-envoy-image
+++ b/ci/Dockerfile-envoy-image
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 FROM ubuntu:14.04
 
-ADD build_release/envoy /usr/local/bin/envoy
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-    build-essential
-RUN strip /usr/local/bin/envoy
-RUN apt-get purge -y build-essential
+ADD build_release_stripped/envoy /usr/local/bin/envoy
diff --git a/ci/build_alpine_container/Dockerfile-envoy-alpine b/ci/build_alpine_container/Dockerfile-envoy-alpine
deleted file mode 100644
index d9ca3c2cb8710..0000000000000
--- a/ci/build_alpine_container/Dockerfile-envoy-alpine
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-FROM frolvlad/alpine-glibc
-
-RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/conf/envoy
-COPY ./bin/stripped/envoy /usr/local/bin/envoy
-COPY ./bin/configs/google_com_proxy.json /usr/local/conf/envoy/
diff --git a/ci/build_alpine_container/Dockerfile-envoy-alpine-debug b/ci/build_alpine_container/Dockerfile-envoy-alpine-debug
deleted file mode 100644
index ea7b348813568..0000000000000
--- a/ci/build_alpine_container/Dockerfile-envoy-alpine-debug
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-FROM frolvlad/alpine-glibc
-
-RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/conf/envoy
-COPY ./bin/debug/envoy /usr/local/bin/envoy
-COPY ./bin/configs/google_com_proxy.json /usr/local/conf/envoy/
diff --git a/ci/build_alpine_container/Makefile b/ci/build_alpine_container/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 400a4f664a6f8..0000000000000
--- a/ci/build_alpine_container/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-PHONY: all
-
-ENVOY_TAG ?= "latest"
-ENVOY_BUILD_DIR ?= "/tmp/envoy-docker-build"
-ROOT_DIR := $(shell dirname $(realpath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
-
-all: binary container test
-
-binary:
-	echo "CWD: ${ROOT_DIR}"
-	rm -rf ./bin
-	mkdir -p ./bin/stripped
-	mkdir -p ./bin/debug
-	mkdir -p ./bin/configs
-	docker run -t -i --name build-envoy-alpine-ct -v ${ROOT_DIR}/../../:/source -v $(ENVOY_BUILD_DIR):/build lyft/envoy-build:latest /bin/bash -c \
-		"set -x && cd /source && \
-		cp /build/envoy/source/exe/envoy /source/ci/build_alpine_container/bin/stripped/ && \
-		strip /source/ci/build_alpine_container/bin/stripped/envoy && \
-		cp /build/envoy/source/exe/envoy /source/ci/build_alpine_container/bin/debug/ && \
-		cp /source/configs/google_com_proxy.json /source/ci/build_alpine_container/bin/configs/"
-	docker rm -f build-envoy-alpine-ct
-	# Fail build if a core file gets generated during the build.
-	if [ -f "../../core" ]; \
-	then \
-		echo "Core dumped, failing build"; \
-		exit 1; \
-	fi
-
-container:
-	docker build -f ./Dockerfile-envoy-alpine -t lyft/envoy-alpine:${ENVOY_TAG} .
-	docker build -f ./Dockerfile-envoy-alpine-debug -t lyft/envoy-alpine-debug:${ENVOY_TAG} .
-
-test:
-	./run_alpine_binary_verification.sh debug
-	./run_alpine_binary_verification.sh stripped
-
-clean:
-	rm -rf ./bin
diff --git a/ci/build_alpine_container/run_alpine_binary_verification.sh b/ci/build_alpine_container/run_alpine_binary_verification.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a7a7866ef2071..0000000000000
--- a/ci/build_alpine_container/run_alpine_binary_verification.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-usage() {
-    echo "Usage: $0 [debug|stripped]"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-check_args() {
-    if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
-        usage
-    fi
-
-    type=$1
-
-    if [ "$type" != "debug" ] && [ "$type" != "stripped" ]; then
-        usage
-    fi
-}
-
-main() {
-    check_args $*
-    if [ -z "${ENVOY_TAG}" ]; then
-        ENVOY_TAG="latest"
-    fi
-
-    if [ "${type}" == "debug" ]; then
-        ENVOY_IMAGE=lyft/envoy-alpine-debug:${ENVOY_TAG}
-    else
-        ENVOY_IMAGE=lyft/envoy-alpine:${ENVOY_TAG}
-    fi
-    TEST_CONTAINER=alpine_envoy_test_ct
-
-    # Spin up a test container for the smoke test.
-    set +e
-    docker rm -fv ${TEST_CONTAINER}
-    set -e
-    docker run -d --name ${TEST_CONTAINER} ${ENVOY_IMAGE} /usr/local/bin/envoy -c /usr/local/conf/envoy/google_com_proxy.json
-    output=`docker exec alpine_envoy_test_ct ps aux | grep google_com_proxy`
-    if [ -z "$output" ]; then
-	    echo "Failed to detect envoy binary to be running!"
-	    exit 1
-    fi
-    echo "Successfully started envoy in container ${TEST_CONTAINER}"
-    #TODO - add more tests, like a health check.
-}
-
-main $*
diff --git a/ci/coverage_publish.sh b/ci/coverage_publish.sh
index c1f607476d358..f273d6cd9eec0 100755
--- a/ci/coverage_publish.sh
+++ b/ci/coverage_publish.sh
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ then
   COVERAGE_DIR="$(dirname "${COVERAGE_FILE}")"
   S3_LOCATION="lyft-envoy/coverage/report-${BRANCH_NAME}"
 
-  aws s3 cp "${COVERAGE_DIR}" "s3://${S3_LOCATION}" --recursive --profile coverage --acl public-read --quiet --sse
+  pip install awscli --upgrade
+  aws s3 cp "${COVERAGE_DIR}" "s3://${S3_LOCATION}" --recursive --acl public-read --quiet --sse
   echo "Coverage report for branch '${BRANCH_NAME}': https://s3.amazonaws.com/${S3_LOCATION}/coverage.html"
-
 else
   echo "Coverage report will not be uploaded for this build."
 fi
diff --git a/ci/do_ci.sh b/ci/do_ci.sh
index a97ca045c6f48..140db233dae2f 100755
--- a/ci/do_ci.sh
+++ b/ci/do_ci.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ function bazel_release_binary_build() {
   echo "Copying release binary for image build..."
   mkdir -p "${ENVOY_SRCDIR}"/build_release
   cp -f "${ENVOY_DELIVERY_DIR}"/envoy "${ENVOY_SRCDIR}"/build_release
+  mkdir -p "${ENVOY_SRCDIR}"/build_release_stripped
+  cp -f "${ENVOY_DELIVERY_DIR}"/envoy "${ENVOY_SRCDIR}"/build_release_stripped
+  strip "${ENVOY_SRCDIR}"/build_release_stripped/envoy
 }
 
 function bazel_debug_binary_build() {
diff --git a/ci/docker_push.sh b/ci/docker_push.sh
index 1f0d0443b18cf..3d0a5e42d6918 100755
--- a/ci/docker_push.sh
+++ b/ci/docker_push.sh
@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@ then
    docker build -f ci/Dockerfile-envoy-image -t lyft/envoy:latest .
    docker login -u "$DOCKERHUB_USERNAME" -p "$DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD"
    docker push lyft/envoy:latest
-   docker tag lyft/envoy:latest lyft/envoy:$CIRCLE_SHA1
-   docker push lyft/envoy:$CIRCLE_SHA1
-   docker rm $(docker ps -a -q) || true
-   docker rmi $(docker images -a -q) || true
+   docker tag lyft/envoy:latest lyft/envoy:"$CIRCLE_SHA1"
+   docker push lyft/envoy:"$CIRCLE_SHA1"
 
-   make -C ci/build_alpine_container
-   docker tag lyft/envoy-alpine:latest lyft/envoy-alpine:$CIRCLE_SHA1
-   docker push lyft/envoy-alpine:$CIRCLE_SHA1
+   docker build -f ci/Dockerfile-envoy-alpine -t lyft/envoy-alpine:latest .
+   docker tag lyft/envoy-alpine:latest lyft/envoy-alpine:"$CIRCLE_SHA1"
+   docker push lyft/envoy-alpine:"$CIRCLE_SHA1"
    docker push lyft/envoy-alpine:latest
-   docker tag lyft/envoy-alpine-debug:latest lyft/envoy-alpine-debug:$CIRCLE_SHA1
-   docker push lyft/envoy-alpine-debug:$CIRCLE_SHA1
+
+   docker build -f ci/Dockerfile-envoy-alpine-debug -t lyft/envoy-alpine-debug:latest .
+   docker tag lyft/envoy-alpine-debug:latest lyft/envoy-alpine-debug:"$CIRCLE_SHA1"
+   docker push lyft/envoy-alpine-debug:"$CIRCLE_SHA1"
    docker push lyft/envoy-alpine-debug:latest
 
    # This script tests the docker examples.