diff --git a/templates/tools/dockerfile/bazel.include b/templates/tools/dockerfile/bazel.include
index b46845e218d..272936007da 100644
--- a/templates/tools/dockerfile/bazel.include
+++ b/templates/tools/dockerfile/bazel.include
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 # Must be in sync with tools/bazel
 ENV BAZEL_VERSION 0.24.1
 
+# The correct bazel version is already preinstalled, no need to use //tools/bazel wrapper.
+ENV DISABLE_BAZEL_WRAPPER 1
+
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y wget && apt-get clean
 RUN wget "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/$BAZEL_VERSION/bazel-$BAZEL_VERSION-installer-linux-x86_64.sh" && ${'\\'}
   bash ./bazel-$BAZEL_VERSION-installer-linux-x86_64.sh && ${'\\'}
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/test/bazel/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/test/bazel/Dockerfile
index 0e958542f9a..df7a7a2f32a 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/test/bazel/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/test/bazel/Dockerfile
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ RUN pip install futures==2.2.0 enum34==1.0.4 protobuf==3.5.2.post1 six==1.10.0 t
 # Must be in sync with tools/bazel
 ENV BAZEL_VERSION 0.24.1
 
+# The correct bazel version is already preinstalled, no need to use //tools/bazel wrapper.
+ENV DISABLE_BAZEL_WRAPPER 1
+
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y wget && apt-get clean
 RUN wget "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/$BAZEL_VERSION/bazel-$BAZEL_VERSION-installer-linux-x86_64.sh" && \
   bash ./bazel-$BAZEL_VERSION-installer-linux-x86_64.sh && \
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/test/sanity/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/test/sanity/Dockerfile
index 18aa89d8bf9..9a080d0efb2 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/test/sanity/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/test/sanity/Dockerfile
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ ENV CLANG_TIDY=clang-tidy
 # Must be in sync with tools/bazel
 ENV BAZEL_VERSION 0.24.1
 
+# The correct bazel version is already preinstalled, no need to use //tools/bazel wrapper.
+ENV DISABLE_BAZEL_WRAPPER 1
+
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y wget && apt-get clean
 RUN wget "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/$BAZEL_VERSION/bazel-$BAZEL_VERSION-installer-linux-x86_64.sh" && \
   bash ./bazel-$BAZEL_VERSION-installer-linux-x86_64.sh && \