diff --git a/mediapipe/model_maker/models/text_classifier/BUILD b/mediapipe/model_maker/models/text_classifier/BUILD
index 4c54bbccc..dc6210a7d 100644
--- a/mediapipe/model_maker/models/text_classifier/BUILD
+++ b/mediapipe/model_maker/models/text_classifier/BUILD
@@ -32,14 +32,3 @@ mediapipe_files(
         "mobilebert_tiny/variables/variables.index",
     ],
 )
-
-filegroup(
-    name = "mobilebert_tiny",
-    srcs = [
-        "mobilebert_tiny/assets/vocab.txt",
-        "mobilebert_tiny/keras_metadata.pb",
-        "mobilebert_tiny/saved_model.pb",
-        "mobilebert_tiny/variables/variables.data-00000-of-00001",
-        "mobilebert_tiny/variables/variables.index",
-    ],
-)
diff --git a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/core/utils/file_util.py b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/core/utils/file_util.py
index 29d11ebbe..7871d90cb 100644
--- a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/core/utils/file_util.py
+++ b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/core/utils/file_util.py
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ import tarfile
 import tempfile
 import requests
 
-# resources dependency
-
 
 _TEMPDIR_FOLDER = 'model_maker'
 
@@ -97,29 +95,3 @@ class DownloadedFiles:
         with open(absolute_path, 'wb') as f:
           f.write(r.content)
     return str(absolute_path)
-
-
-# TODO Remove after text_classifier supports downloading on demand.
-def get_absolute_path(file_path: str) -> str:
-  """Gets the absolute path of a file in the model_maker directory.
-
-  Args:
-    file_path: The path to a file relative to the `mediapipe` dir
-
-  Returns:
-   The full path of the file
-  """
-  # Extract the file path before and including 'model_maker' as the
-  # `mm_base_dir`. By joining it with the `path` after 'model_maker/', it
-  # yields to the absolute path of the model files directory. We must join
-  # on 'model_maker' because in the pypi package, the 'model_maker' directory
-  # is renamed to 'mediapipe_model_maker'. So we have to join on model_maker
-  # to ensure that the `mm_base_dir` path includes the renamed
-  # 'mediapipe_model_maker' directory.
-  cwd = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-  cwd_stop_idx = cwd.rfind('model_maker') + len('model_maker')
-  mm_base_dir = cwd[:cwd_stop_idx]
-  file_path_start_idx = file_path.find('model_maker') + len('model_maker') + 1
-  mm_relative_path = file_path[file_path_start_idx:]
-  absolute_path = os.path.join(mm_base_dir, mm_relative_path)
-  return absolute_path
diff --git a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/core/utils/file_util_test.py b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/core/utils/file_util_test.py
index f9f4a5954..027756ff0 100644
--- a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/core/utils/file_util_test.py
+++ b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/core/utils/file_util_test.py
@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@ class FileUtilTest(absltest.TestCase):
     self.assertEqual(model_path, model_path_2)
     self.assertEqual(mock_get.call_count, 1)
 
-  def test_get_absolute_path(self):
-    test_file = 'mediapipe/model_maker/python/core/utils/testdata/test.txt'
-    absolute_path = file_util.get_absolute_path(test_file)
-    self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(absolute_path))
-
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   absltest.main()
diff --git a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/core/BUILD b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/core/BUILD
index db06c3a75..e0c53491a 100644
--- a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/core/BUILD
+++ b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/core/BUILD
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ py_library(
     deps = [
         ":bert_model_options",
         "//mediapipe/model_maker/python/core:hyperparameters",
+        "//mediapipe/model_maker/python/core/utils:file_util",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/core/bert_model_spec.py b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/core/bert_model_spec.py
index 6c0085617..605435df0 100644
--- a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/core/bert_model_spec.py
+++ b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/core/bert_model_spec.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import dataclasses
 from typing import Dict
 
 from mediapipe.model_maker.python.core import hyperparameters as hp
+from mediapipe.model_maker.python.core.utils import file_util
 from mediapipe.model_maker.python.text.core import bert_model_options
 
 _DEFAULT_TFLITE_INPUT_NAME = {
@@ -34,16 +35,17 @@ class BertModelSpec:
   Transformers for Language Understanding) for more details.
 
     Attributes:
+      downloaded_files: A DownloadedFiles object of the model files
       hparams: Hyperparameters used for training.
       model_options: Configurable options for a BERT model.
       do_lower_case: boolean, whether to lower case the input text. Should be
         True / False for uncased / cased models respectively, where the models
-        are specified by the `uri`.
+        are specified by `downloaded_files`.
       tflite_input_name: Dict, input names for the TFLite model.
-      uri: URI for the BERT module.
       name: The name of the object.
   """
 
+  downloaded_files: file_util.DownloadedFiles
   hparams: hp.BaseHParams = hp.BaseHParams(
       epochs=3,
       batch_size=32,
@@ -54,5 +56,4 @@ class BertModelSpec:
   do_lower_case: bool = True
   tflite_input_name: Dict[str, str] = dataclasses.field(
       default_factory=lambda: _DEFAULT_TFLITE_INPUT_NAME)
-  uri: str = 'https://tfhub.dev/tensorflow/bert_en_uncased_L-12_H-768_A-12/1'
   name: str = 'Bert'
diff --git a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/BUILD b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/BUILD
index ac5b04f20..8083e0cb0 100644
--- a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/BUILD
+++ b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/BUILD
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ py_library(
 py_test(
     name = "model_spec_test",
     srcs = ["model_spec_test.py"],
+    tags = ["requires-net:external"],
     deps = [
         ":model_options",
         ":model_spec",
@@ -89,9 +90,6 @@ py_library(
 py_test(
     name = "preprocessor_test",
     srcs = ["preprocessor_test.py"],
-    data = [
-        "//mediapipe/model_maker/models/text_classifier:mobilebert_tiny",
-    ],
     tags = ["requires-net:external"],
     deps = [
         ":dataset",
@@ -113,9 +111,6 @@ py_library(
 py_library(
     name = "text_classifier",
     srcs = ["text_classifier.py"],
-    data = [
-        "//mediapipe/model_maker/models/text_classifier:mobilebert_tiny",
-    ],
     deps = [
         ":dataset",
         ":model_options",
@@ -137,7 +132,6 @@ py_test(
     size = "large",
     srcs = ["text_classifier_test.py"],
     data = [
-        "//mediapipe/model_maker/models/text_classifier:mobilebert_tiny",
         "//mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/testdata",
     ],
     tags = [
@@ -163,9 +157,6 @@ py_library(
 py_binary(
     name = "text_classifier_demo",
     srcs = ["text_classifier_demo.py"],
-    data = [
-        "//mediapipe/model_maker/models/text_classifier:mobilebert_tiny",
-    ],
     deps = [
         ":text_classifier_demo_lib",
     ],
diff --git a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/model_spec.py b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/model_spec.py
index a6bdd9522..d999f6867 100644
--- a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/model_spec.py
+++ b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/model_spec.py
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ from mediapipe.model_maker.python.text.text_classifier import model_options as m
 # BERT-based text classifier spec inherited from BertModelSpec
 BertClassifierSpec = bert_model_spec.BertModelSpec
 
-MOBILEBERT_TINY_PATH = 'mediapipe/model_maker/models/text_classifier/mobilebert_tiny/'
+MOBILEBERT_TINY_FILES = file_util.DownloadedFiles(
+    'text_classifier/mobilebert_tiny',
+    'https://storage.googleapis.com/mediapipe-assets/mobilebert_tiny.tar.gz',
+    is_folder=True,
+)
 
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass
@@ -51,11 +55,11 @@ average_word_embedding_classifier_spec = functools.partial(
 
 mobilebert_classifier_spec = functools.partial(
     BertClassifierSpec,
+    downloaded_files=MOBILEBERT_TINY_FILES,
     hparams=hp.BaseHParams(
         epochs=3, batch_size=48, learning_rate=3e-5, distribution_strategy='off'
     ),
     name='MobileBert',
-    uri=file_util.get_absolute_path(MOBILEBERT_TINY_PATH),
     tflite_input_name={
         'ids': 'serving_default_input_1:0',
         'mask': 'serving_default_input_3:0',
diff --git a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/model_spec_test.py b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/model_spec_test.py
index 3ea019b44..c2d96bac4 100644
--- a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/model_spec_test.py
+++ b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/model_spec_test.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 """Tests for model_spec."""
 
 import os
+import tempfile
+from unittest import mock as unittest_mock
 
 import tensorflow as tf
 
@@ -24,14 +26,24 @@ from mediapipe.model_maker.python.text.text_classifier import model_spec as ms
 
 class ModelSpecTest(tf.test.TestCase):
 
+  def setUp(self):
+    super().setUp()
+    # Mock tempfile.gettempdir() to be unique for each test to avoid race
+    # condition when downloading model since these tests may run in parallel.
+    mock_gettempdir = unittest_mock.patch.object(
+        tempfile,
+        'gettempdir',
+        return_value=self.create_tempdir(),
+        autospec=True,
+    )
+    self.mock_gettempdir = mock_gettempdir.start()
+    self.addCleanup(mock_gettempdir.stop)
+
   def test_predefined_bert_spec(self):
     model_spec_obj = ms.SupportedModels.MOBILEBERT_CLASSIFIER.value()
     self.assertIsInstance(model_spec_obj, ms.BertClassifierSpec)
     self.assertEqual(model_spec_obj.name, 'MobileBert')
-    self.assertIn(
-        'mediapipe/model_maker/models/text_classifier/mobilebert_tiny',
-        model_spec_obj.uri,
-    )
+    self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(model_spec_obj.downloaded_files.get_path()))
     self.assertTrue(model_spec_obj.do_lower_case)
     self.assertEqual(
         model_spec_obj.tflite_input_name, {
diff --git a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/preprocessor_test.py b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/preprocessor_test.py
index b9558b2b5..2ddc4aea9 100644
--- a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/preprocessor_test.py
+++ b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/preprocessor_test.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 import csv
 import os
+import tempfile
+from unittest import mock as unittest_mock
 
 import numpy as np
 import numpy.testing as npt
@@ -28,6 +30,19 @@ class PreprocessorTest(tf.test.TestCase):
   CSV_PARAMS_ = text_classifier_ds.CSVParameters(
       text_column='text', label_column='label')
 
+  def setUp(self):
+    super().setUp()
+    # Mock tempfile.gettempdir() to be unique for each test to avoid race
+    # condition when downloading model since these tests may run in parallel.
+    mock_gettempdir = unittest_mock.patch.object(
+        tempfile,
+        'gettempdir',
+        return_value=self.create_tempdir(),
+        autospec=True,
+    )
+    self.mock_gettempdir = mock_gettempdir.start()
+    self.addCleanup(mock_gettempdir.stop)
+
   def _get_csv_file(self):
     labels_and_text = (('pos', 'super super super super good'),
                        (('neg', 'really bad')))
@@ -71,7 +86,10 @@ class PreprocessorTest(tf.test.TestCase):
         filename=csv_file, csv_params=self.CSV_PARAMS_)
     bert_spec = model_spec.SupportedModels.MOBILEBERT_CLASSIFIER.value()
     bert_preprocessor = preprocessor.BertClassifierPreprocessor(
-        seq_len=5, do_lower_case=bert_spec.do_lower_case, uri=bert_spec.uri)
+        seq_len=5,
+        do_lower_case=bert_spec.do_lower_case,
+        uri=bert_spec.downloaded_files.get_path(),
+    )
     preprocessed_dataset = bert_preprocessor.preprocess(dataset)
     labels = []
     input_masks = []
diff --git a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/text_classifier.py b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/text_classifier.py
index f6abc8bf0..3d932ce90 100644
--- a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/text_classifier.py
+++ b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/text_classifier.py
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ class _BertClassifier(TextClassifier):
     self._text_preprocessor = preprocessor.BertClassifierPreprocessor(
         seq_len=self._model_options.seq_len,
         do_lower_case=self._model_spec.do_lower_case,
-        uri=self._model_spec.uri)
+        uri=self._model_spec.downloaded_files.get_path(),
+    )
     return (self._text_preprocessor.preprocess(train_data),
             self._text_preprocessor.preprocess(validation_data))
 
@@ -388,7 +389,9 @@ class _BertClassifier(TextClassifier):
             shape=(self._model_options.seq_len,), dtype=tf.int32),
     )
     encoder = hub.KerasLayer(
-        self._model_spec.uri, trainable=self._model_options.do_fine_tuning)
+        self._model_spec.downloaded_files.get_path(),
+        trainable=self._model_options.do_fine_tuning,
+    )
     encoder_outputs = encoder(encoder_inputs)
     pooled_output = encoder_outputs["pooled_output"]
 
diff --git a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/text_classifier_test.py b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/text_classifier_test.py
index 1ae2bc553..638e557fb 100644
--- a/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/text_classifier_test.py
+++ b/mediapipe/model_maker/python/text/text_classifier/text_classifier_test.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 import csv
 import filecmp
 import os
+import tempfile
+from unittest import mock as unittest_mock
 
 import tensorflow as tf
 
@@ -30,6 +32,19 @@ class TextClassifierTest(tf.test.TestCase):
       'bert_metadata.json'
   )
 
+  def setUp(self):
+    super().setUp()
+    # Mock tempfile.gettempdir() to be unique for each test to avoid race
+    # condition when downloading model since these tests may run in parallel.
+    mock_gettempdir = unittest_mock.patch.object(
+        tempfile,
+        'gettempdir',
+        return_value=self.create_tempdir(),
+        autospec=True,
+    )
+    self.mock_gettempdir = mock_gettempdir.start()
+    self.addCleanup(mock_gettempdir.stop)
+
   def _get_data(self):
     labels_and_text = (('pos', 'super good'), (('neg', 'really bad')))
     csv_file = os.path.join(self.get_temp_dir(), 'data.csv')
diff --git a/mediapipe/model_maker/setup.py b/mediapipe/model_maker/setup.py
index 63a1f2056..ccf633909 100644
--- a/mediapipe/model_maker/setup.py
+++ b/mediapipe/model_maker/setup.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ Setup for Mediapipe-Model-Maker package with setuptools.
 import glob
 import os
 import shutil
-import subprocess
-import sys
 import setuptools
 
 
@@ -40,16 +38,6 @@ def _parse_requirements(path):
     ]
 
 
-def _copy_to_pip_src_dir(file):
-  """Copy a file from bazel-bin to the pip_src dir."""
-  dst = file
-  dst_dir = os.path.dirname(dst)
-  if not os.path.exists(dst_dir):
-    os.makedirs(dst_dir)
-  src_file = os.path.join('../../bazel-bin/mediapipe/model_maker', file)
-  shutil.copyfile(src_file, file)
-
-
 def _setup_build_dir():
   """Setup the BUILD_DIR directory to build the mediapipe_model_maker package.
 
@@ -80,33 +68,6 @@ def _setup_build_dir():
     with open(build_target_file, 'w') as file:
       file.write(filedata)
 
-  # Use bazel to download GCS model files
-  model_build_files = [
-      'models/text_classifier/BUILD',
-  ]
-  for model_build_file in model_build_files:
-    build_target_file = os.path.join(BUILD_MM_DIR, model_build_file)
-    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(build_target_file), exist_ok=True)
-    shutil.copy(model_build_file, build_target_file)
-  external_files = [
-      'models/text_classifier/mobilebert_tiny/keras_metadata.pb',
-      'models/text_classifier/mobilebert_tiny/saved_model.pb',
-      'models/text_classifier/mobilebert_tiny/assets/vocab.txt',
-      'models/text_classifier/mobilebert_tiny/variables/variables.data-00000-of-00001',
-      'models/text_classifier/mobilebert_tiny/variables/variables.index',
-  ]
-  for elem in external_files:
-    external_file = os.path.join(f'{SRC_NAME}/mediapipe_model_maker', elem)
-    sys.stderr.write('downloading file: %s\n' % external_file)
-    fetch_model_command = [
-        'bazel',
-        'build',
-        external_file,
-    ]
-    if subprocess.call(fetch_model_command) != 0:
-      sys.exit(-1)
-    _copy_to_pip_src_dir(external_file)
-
 _setup_build_dir()
 
 setuptools.setup(