diff --git a/paddle/fluid/imperative/layer.cc b/paddle/fluid/imperative/layer.cc
index 827473ec82149df24d9bf82db7144f2fa5683b2c..47488d4dea79f285769f29c93f7888a7f783f070 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/imperative/layer.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/imperative/layer.cc
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<VarBase> VarBase::NewVarBase(const platform::Place& dst_place,
   PADDLE_ENFORCE(var_->IsInitialized(),
                  "Variable must be initialized when getting numpy tensor");
 
-  std::unique_ptr<VarBase> new_var(new VarBase("NewVarBase"));
+  std::unique_ptr<VarBase> new_var(new VarBase());
   framework::LoDTensor* tensor =
       new_var->var_->GetMutable<framework::LoDTensor>();
   tensor->Resize(var_->Get<framework::LoDTensor>().dims());
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ std::vector<VarBase*> PyLayer::Apply(int func_id,
   std::vector<Variable*> outvars = CallPythonFunc(py_funcs_[func_id], invars);
   std::vector<VarBase*> ret;
   for (Variable* v : outvars) {
-    ret.push_back(new VarBase(v, new VarBase("PYLAYER_XGRAD", true), ""));
+    ret.push_back(new VarBase(v, new VarBase(true)));
   }
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/imperative/layer.h b/paddle/fluid/imperative/layer.h
index f42ceb50275875ca39376b7228fe730891b101c4..78205486c5534ac0c61cc6d545bdafa4dfc95695 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/imperative/layer.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/imperative/layer.h
@@ -103,28 +103,24 @@ class OpBase;
  */
 class VarBase {
  public:
-  explicit VarBase(std::string name)
-      : VarBase(new framework::Variable(), new VarBase(name + "XGRAD", true),
-                name) {}
+  VarBase() : VarBase(new framework::Variable(), new VarBase(true)) {}
 
   // Owns `var` and `grad`
-  VarBase(framework::Variable* var, VarBase* grad, std::string name)
+  VarBase(framework::Variable* var, VarBase* grad)
       : var_desc_(nullptr),
         var_(var),
         grads_(grad),
         stop_gradient_(false),
         pre_op_(nullptr),
-        pre_op_out_idx_(-1),
-        name_(name) {}
+        pre_op_out_idx_(-1) {}
 
-  explicit VarBase(std::string name, bool stop_gradient)
+  explicit VarBase(bool stop_gradient)
       : var_desc_(nullptr),
         var_(new framework::Variable()),
-        grads_(stop_gradient ? nullptr : new VarBase(name + "XGRAD", true)),
+        grads_(stop_gradient ? nullptr : new VarBase(true)),
         stop_gradient_(stop_gradient),
         pre_op_(nullptr),
-        pre_op_out_idx_(-1),
-        name_(name) {}
+        pre_op_out_idx_(-1) {}
 
   virtual ~VarBase() {
     if (var_) {
@@ -187,7 +183,6 @@ class VarBase {
   OpBase* pre_op_;
   std::string pre_op_out_name_;
   int pre_op_out_idx_;
-  std::string name_;
 };
 
 /* The wrapper for OpDesc which holds a OpDesc and a OpDesc of its
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/imperative/tracer.cc b/paddle/fluid/imperative/tracer.cc
index c8244e22fd0f68fa43b291598747453ef09f3a9d..ef275a361f68bf3cfe40b36ebe327ead9587290e 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/imperative/tracer.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/imperative/tracer.cc
@@ -66,33 +66,12 @@ platform::Place GetExpectedPlace(platform::Place place, VarBasePtrMap inputs) {
   return result;
 }
 
-// framework::BlockDesc* InferShapeAndVarType(OpBase* op, const VarBasePtrMap&
-// inputs, const VarBasePtrMap& outputs) {
-// std::unique_ptr<BlockDesc> block(new BlockDesc());
-
-// // construct op desc
-// op->op_desc_ = block.AppendOp();
-
-// // construct op inputs and outputs
-// // for
-// //
-// for (auto it = )
-// op->op_desc_->SetInput()
-
-// op->op_desc_->InferShape(*block);
-// op->op_desc_->InferVarType(block.get());
-
-// return block.release();
-// }
-
 void Tracer::Trace(OpBase* op, const VarBasePtrMap& inputs,
                    const VarBasePtrMap& outputs, framework::BlockDesc* block,
                    const platform::Place expected_place,
                    const bool stop_gradient) {
   std::map<std::string, VarBase*> vars;
 
-  // framework::BlockDesc* block = InferShapeAndVarType(op, inputs, outputs);
-
   framework::OpDesc* op_desc = op->op_desc_;
   VLOG(3) << "tracer tracing " << op_desc->Type();
   op_desc->InferShape(*block);
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/pybind/pybind.cc b/paddle/fluid/pybind/pybind.cc
index 26ebacc13ff1eb36f979d1d260f855fec3fa8261..351513712cc4297bf7fbe67878aeba162ef66e4d 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/pybind/pybind.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/pybind/pybind.cc
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(core, m) {
 
   py::class_<imperative::VarBase>(m, "VarBase", R"DOC()DOC")
       // .def(py::init<>())
-      .def(py::init<std::string, bool>(), py::arg("stop_gradient") = false, py::arg("name") = "")
+      .def(py::init<bool>(), py::arg("stop_gradient") = false)
       .def("_run_backward",
            [](imperative::VarBase &self) { self.RunBackward(); })
       .def("_grad_name", &imperative::VarBase::GradName)
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py b/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py
index 4ff769dd48b3be031e89985ecefe63e59b3f5fe7..708d4880a1e8e38a8add6d56c813205a5c637266 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py
@@ -306,10 +306,6 @@ class Variable(object):
 
         if name is None:
             name = unique_name.generate('_generated_var')
-        #  print("create var", name)
-        #  import sys
-        #  sys.stdout.flush()
-
         is_new_var = False
         name = cpt.to_text(name)
         self.desc = self.block.desc.find_var(cpt.to_bytes(name))
@@ -387,9 +383,8 @@ class Variable(object):
         if _in_imperative_mode():
             self._ivar = kwargs.get("ivar", None)
             if not self._ivar:
-                self._ivar = core.VarBase(name, stop_gradient)
+                self._ivar = core.VarBase(stop_gradient)
             self._ivar.desc = self.desc
-            self._ivar.stop_gradient = stop_gradient
 
     def _numpy(self):
         new_ivar = self._ivar._copy_to(core.CPUPlace(), True)