diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/custom_op/CMakeLists.txt b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/custom_op/CMakeLists.txt
index c76b3da7428e3c1ac6de7f09d25135796b43f58a..b4adeb9575af6271c42431005376d8daa99ac1cb 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/custom_op/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/custom_op/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ if(WITH_GPU OR APPLE)
     set_tests_properties(test_custom_relu_op_jit PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 180)
     set_tests_properties(test_custom_relu_model PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 180)
     set_tests_properties(test_context_pool PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 180)
+    if($ENV{USE_STANDALONE_EXECUTOR})
+        # these test will fail in some server due to PR#42149, temporarily set it use old executor.
+        set_tests_properties(test_custom_relu_op_setup PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT FLAGS_USE_STANDALONE_EXECUTOR=0)
+        set_tests_properties(test_custom_relu_model PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT FLAGS_USE_STANDALONE_EXECUTOR=0)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 py_test(test_custom_raw_op_kernel_op SRCS test_custom_raw_op_kernel_op.py)
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
index e19374387c032ca1d4f259a723e0c8062b0da84a..7face5f8662c4ea9cdfe9a73f0fba95873026cc2 100755
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1239,3 +1239,14 @@ if (WITH_GLOO)
     set_tests_properties(test_parallel_dygraph_sparse_embedding_gloo PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 120)
     set_tests_properties(test_parallel_dygraph_sparse_embedding_over_height_gloo PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 120)
 endif()
+
+if($ENV{USE_STANDALONE_EXECUTOR})
+    # these test will fail in some server due to PR#42149, temporarily set it use old executor.
+    set_tests_properties(test_apply_pass_to_program PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT FLAGS_USE_STANDALONE_EXECUTOR=0)
+    set_tests_properties(test_buffer_shared_memory_reuse_pass PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT FLAGS_USE_STANDALONE_EXECUTOR=0)
+    set_tests_properties(test_buffer_shared_memory_reuse_pass_and_fuse_optimization_op_pass PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT FLAGS_USE_STANDALONE_EXECUTOR=0)
+    set_tests_properties(test_imperative_optimizer PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT FLAGS_USE_STANDALONE_EXECUTOR=0)
+    set_tests_properties(test_imperative_star_gan_with_gradient_penalty PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT FLAGS_USE_STANDALONE_EXECUTOR=0)
+    set_tests_properties(test_switch_autotune PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT FLAGS_USE_STANDALONE_EXECUTOR=0)
+    set_tests_properties(test_imperative_mnist_sorted_gradient PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT FLAGS_USE_STANDALONE_EXECUTOR=0)
+endif()