diff --git a/cmake/cpplint.cmake b/cmake/cpplint.cmake
index e50530411cc74392091c8026fa012ec7631f7f6b..5184f0815faac005b3dff1015395235f4e19d65b 100644
--- a/cmake/cpplint.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cpplint.cmake
@@ -42,29 +42,21 @@ macro(add_style_check_target TARGET_NAME)
     if(WITH_STYLE_CHECK)
         set(SOURCES_LIST ${ARGN})
         list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES SOURCES_LIST)
-        list(SORT SOURCES_LIST)
-
         foreach(filename ${SOURCES_LIST})
-            set(LINT ON)
             foreach(pattern ${IGNORE_PATTERN})
                 if(filename MATCHES ${pattern})
-                    message(STATUS "DROP LINT ${filename}")
-                    set(LINT OFF)
+                    list(REMOVE_ITEM SOURCES_LIST ${filename})
                 endif()
             endforeach()
-            if(LINT MATCHES ON)
-                # cpplint code style
-                get_filename_component(base_filename ${filename} NAME)
-                set(CUR_GEN ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${base_filename}.cpplint)
-                add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CUR_GEN} PRE_BUILD
-                    COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" "${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/scripts/cpplint.py"
-                            "--filter=${STYLE_FILTER}"
-                            "--write-success=${CUR_GEN}" ${filename}
-                    DEPENDS ${filename} ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/scripts/cpplint.py
-                    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-                add_custom_target(${base_filename}.cpplint DEPENDS ${CUR_GEN})
-                add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${base_filename}.cpplint)
-            endif()
         endforeach()
+
+        if(SOURCES_LIST)
+            add_custom_command(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME} POST_BUILD
+                COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" "${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/scripts/cpplint.py"
+                        "--filter=${STYLE_FILTER}"
+                        ${SOURCES_LIST}
+                COMMENT "cpplint: Checking source code style"
+                WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})        
+        endif()
     endif()
 endmacro()
diff --git a/paddle/gserver/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/gserver/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 4546d12a903084e7a746b967c39d67a0ade4c0cd..5511ab6b8bb05108e76cc0913264d864d2fecf5b 100644
--- a/paddle/gserver/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/gserver/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 # gserver pacakge unittests
 
-file(GLOB_RECURSE GSERVER_HEADER RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "*.h")
-file(GLOB_RECURSE GSERVER_SOURCES RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "*.cpp")
-add_style_check_target(paddle_gserver ${GSERVER_SOURCES})
-add_style_check_target(paddle_gserver ${GSERVER_HEADER})
-
 ################### test_ProtoDataProvider ############
 add_unittest_without_exec(test_ProtoDataProvider
     test_ProtoDataProvider.cpp)