diff --git a/paddle/framework/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/framework/CMakeLists.txt
index 68b5cec2c5295e518c1963496c884d4119ee4370..2cdf323c53a8ba729ec74c1eacb9fa3ef272f44a 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/framework/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ cc_test(eigen_test SRCS eigen_test.cc DEPS tensor)
 cc_library(lod_tensor SRCS lod_tensor.cc DEPS ddim place tensor)
 cc_test(lod_tensor_test SRCS lod_tensor_test.cc DEPS lod_tensor)
 
-cc_test(empty_test SRCS	empty_test.cc DEPS tensor)
-
 cc_test(variable_test SRCS variable_test.cc)
 
 cc_library(scope SRCS scope.cc)
diff --git a/paddle/framework/empty_test.cc b/paddle/framework/empty_test.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 2237f8ce0eca0466ba16bec276b6573558787948..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/paddle/framework/empty_test.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserve.
-  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-#include <gtest/gtest.h>
-#include <string>
-#include "paddle/framework/tensor.h"
-
-TEST(Empty, Dims) {
-  using namespace paddle::framework;
-  using namespace paddle::platform;
-  Tensor tt;
-  tt.Resize(make_ddim({0, 3, 4}));
-  DDim dims = tt.dims();
-  ASSERT_EQ(arity(dims), 3);
-  EXPECT_EQ(0, dims[0]);
-  EXPECT_EQ(3, dims[1]);
-  EXPECT_EQ(4, dims[2]);
-}
-
-TEST(Empty, MutableData) {
-  using namespace paddle::framework;
-  using namespace paddle::platform;
-  {
-    Tensor src_tensor;
-    float* p1 = nullptr;
-    // initialization
-    p1 = src_tensor.mutable_data<float>(make_ddim({0, 2, 3}), CPUPlace());
-    EXPECT_NE(p1, nullptr);
-  }
-
-#ifndef PADDLE_ONLY_CPU
-  {
-    Tensor src_tensor;
-    float* p1 = nullptr;
-    float* p2 = nullptr;
-    // initialization
-    p1 = src_tensor.mutable_data<float>(make_ddim({0, 2, 3}), GPUPlace());
-    EXPECT_NE(p1, nullptr);
-    // set src_tensor a new dim with large size
-    // momery is supposed to be re-allocated
-    p2 = src_tensor.mutable_data<float>(make_ddim({0, 4}), GPUPlace());
-    EXPECT_NE(p2, nullptr);
-    // EXPECT_NE(p1, p2);
-  }
-#endif
-}