diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/image_classification/test_image_classification_vgg.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/image_classification/test_image_classification_vgg.py
index 548ebd6710fa85ecbba2cc9c64904ffcfcaa95a5..2767e8b5d948da4aee1010b99f1a58435f81fae2 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/image_classification/test_image_classification_vgg.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/image_classification/test_image_classification_vgg.py
@@ -107,7 +107,11 @@ def train(use_cuda, train_program, parallel, params_dirname):
         event_handler=event_handler,
         feed_order=['pixel', 'label'])
 
-    return trainer
+    def _del_trainer(trainer):
+        del trainer
+
+    if six.PY3:
+        _del_trainer(trainer)
 
 
 def infer(use_cuda, inference_program, parallel, params_dirname=None):
@@ -131,15 +135,12 @@ def main(use_cuda, parallel):
     save_path = "image_classification_vgg.inference.model"
 
     os.environ['CPU_NUM'] = str(4)
-    trainer = train(
+    train(
         use_cuda=use_cuda,
         train_program=train_network,
         params_dirname=save_path,
         parallel=parallel)
 
-    if six.PY3:
-        del trainer
-
     # FIXME(zcd): in the inference stage, the number of
     # input data is one, it is not appropriate to use parallel.
     if parallel and use_cuda:
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/recognize_digits/test_recognize_digits_mlp.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/recognize_digits/test_recognize_digits_mlp.py
index 1e1069d5f6ffca28352954100ca7afa1183dd3de..b7846574664f9190ce5c1fd52771f8b572425aab 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/recognize_digits/test_recognize_digits_mlp.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/book/high-level-api/recognize_digits/test_recognize_digits_mlp.py
@@ -90,7 +90,11 @@ def train(use_cuda, train_program, params_dirname, parallel):
         reader=train_reader,
         feed_order=['img', 'label'])
 
-    return trainer
+    def _del_trainer(trainer):
+        del trainer
+
+    if six.PY3:
+        _del_trainer(trainer)
 
 
 def infer(use_cuda, inference_program, parallel, params_dirname=None):
@@ -116,15 +120,12 @@ def main(use_cuda, parallel):
 
     # call train() with is_local argument to run distributed train
     os.environ['CPU_NUM'] = str(4)
-    trainer = train(
+    train(
         use_cuda=use_cuda,
         train_program=train_program,
         params_dirname=params_dirname,
         parallel=parallel)
 
-    if six.PY3:
-        del trainer
-
     # FIXME(zcd): in the inference stage, the number of
     # input data is one, it is not appropriate to use parallel.
     if parallel and use_cuda: