diff --git a/python/paddle/nn/functional/__init__.py b/python/paddle/nn/functional/__init__.py
index c2d6fce670207f65039ee62d3027965df82e7cdf..cec69d6998cb151843a00fb95ee587aaba173b6c 100644
--- a/python/paddle/nn/functional/__init__.py
+++ b/python/paddle/nn/functional/__init__.py
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ from .loss import binary_cross_entropy_with_logits  #DEFINE_ALIAS
 # from .loss import bpr_loss  #DEFINE_ALIAS
 # from .loss import center_loss  #DEFINE_ALIAS
 #from .loss import cross_entropy  #DEFINE_ALIAS
-from .loss import softmax_cross_entropy  #DEFINE_ALIAS
 from .loss import cross_entropy  #DEFINE_ALIAS
 from .loss import dice_loss  #DEFINE_ALIAS
 from .loss import hsigmoid_loss  #DEFINE_ALIAS
diff --git a/python/paddle/nn/functional/loss.py b/python/paddle/nn/functional/loss.py
index b3ed491a54e5a9cfc45ea1b7f4b6f3f5b46bc1e9..c616f7bd221fadc90e23c3beead94e54ca4d0dcd 100755
--- a/python/paddle/nn/functional/loss.py
+++ b/python/paddle/nn/functional/loss.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ __all__ = [
     'binary_cross_entropy',
     'binary_cross_entropy_with_logits',
     'cross_entropy',
-    'softmax_cross_entropy',
     'dice_loss',
     'hsigmoid_loss',
     'kl_div',
@@ -1125,25 +1124,6 @@ def cross_entropy(input,
                   soft_label=False,
                   axis=-1,
                   name=None):
-    return softmax_cross_entropy(
-        input=input,
-        label=label,
-        weight=weight,
-        ignore_index=ignore_index,
-        reduction=reduction,
-        soft_label=soft_label,
-        axis=axis,
-        name=name)
-
-
-def softmax_cross_entropy(input,
-                          label,
-                          weight=None,
-                          ignore_index=-100,
-                          reduction='mean',
-                          soft_label=False,
-                          axis=-1,
-                          name=None):
     """
     This operator implements the cross entropy loss function with softmax. This function 
     combines the calculation of the softmax operation and the cross entropy loss function 
diff --git a/python/paddle/nn/layer/loss.py b/python/paddle/nn/layer/loss.py
index a6d1152adfcfb83c82dc993ff16936e0170afdc1..5bc33d0f0fccd4a205bf34c92411e164747aba45 100644
--- a/python/paddle/nn/layer/loss.py
+++ b/python/paddle/nn/layer/loss.py
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class CrossEntropyLoss(fluid.dygraph.Layer):
         self.name = name
 
     def forward(self, input, label):
-        ret = paddle.nn.functional.softmax_cross_entropy(
+        ret = paddle.nn.functional.cross_entropy(
             input,
             label,
             weight=self.weight,