diff --git a/cmake/external/anakin.cmake b/cmake/external/anakin.cmake
index 06fc6061bc98eec8c4c71860333f7d3456952aeb..77f4b34537577c7c5782675e7af19c73bc9f8e32 100644
--- a/cmake/external/anakin.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/anakin.cmake
@@ -74,5 +74,3 @@ add_dependencies(anakin_shared extern_anakin)
 add_library(anakin_saber SHARED IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 set_property(TARGET anakin_saber PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${ANAKIN_SABER_LIB})
 add_dependencies(anakin_saber extern_anakin)
-
-list(APPEND external_project_dependencies anakin_shared anakin_saber)
diff --git a/cmake/external/boost.cmake b/cmake/external/boost.cmake
index 12412a51a0fd1aaa9702bd4547fb935d94012ada..fc204dc9193bb28b654936048dd61a9b461abb2f 100644
--- a/cmake/external/boost.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/boost.cmake
@@ -57,5 +57,4 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 add_dependencies(boost ${BOOST_PROJECT})
-list(APPEND external_project_dependencies boost)
 set(Boost_INCLUDE_DIR ${BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR})
diff --git a/cmake/external/brpc.cmake b/cmake/external/brpc.cmake
index 6b50cff7a66a33d9413627bfbc663cca06ba86f3..989d1dbd4cf593e779b94f7bb5eda613f000859c 100644
--- a/cmake/external/brpc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/brpc.cmake
@@ -69,5 +69,3 @@ SET_PROPERTY(TARGET brpc PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${BRPC_LIBRARIES})
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(brpc extern_brpc)
 
 add_definitions(-DBRPC_WITH_GLOG)
-
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies brpc)
diff --git a/cmake/external/cub.cmake b/cmake/external/cub.cmake
index f06728de91e4509be661e56baef641d591928b66..41ad8207743201fbddd1d678fc5122afe68207ae 100644
--- a/cmake/external/cub.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/cub.cmake
@@ -31,5 +31,3 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 add_dependencies(cub extern_cub)
-
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies cub)
diff --git a/cmake/external/dlpack.cmake b/cmake/external/dlpack.cmake
index 4587475d7902a134eecd54bf8241fb96d175d0ba..63dd16b28e40a0c2d5310bec011c721285049952 100644
--- a/cmake/external/dlpack.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/dlpack.cmake
@@ -27,5 +27,3 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 add_dependencies(dlpack extern_dlpack)
-
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies dlpack)
diff --git a/cmake/external/eigen.cmake b/cmake/external/eigen.cmake
index 6aef97f21244efd09e22781f703553a19a9e1860..72441160f89d2c188d35fc6b08b5f0b6d746a1ad 100644
--- a/cmake/external/eigen.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/eigen.cmake
@@ -52,5 +52,3 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 add_dependencies(eigen3 extern_eigen3)
-
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies eigen3)
diff --git a/cmake/external/gflags.cmake b/cmake/external/gflags.cmake
index f3ca74faea3629ddce053c49ef1e629f230fdc49..911920ed6212b87aa25ba9a1faf7696fbcb22587 100644
--- a/cmake/external/gflags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/gflags.cmake
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ ADD_LIBRARY(gflags STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET gflags PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GFLAGS_LIBRARIES})
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(gflags extern_gflags)
 
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies gflags)
-
 # On Windows (including MinGW), the Shlwapi library is used by gflags if available.
 if (WIN32)
   include(CheckIncludeFileCXX)
diff --git a/cmake/external/glog.cmake b/cmake/external/glog.cmake
index d3a4d69d3a05515fdf72074083470e19b4ec255c..7fa17ce6b7b106c47c486729d0136748c73176a7 100644
--- a/cmake/external/glog.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/glog.cmake
@@ -72,5 +72,3 @@ ADD_LIBRARY(glog STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET glog PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GLOG_LIBRARIES})
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(glog extern_glog gflags)
 LINK_LIBRARIES(glog gflags)
-
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies glog)
diff --git a/cmake/external/gtest.cmake b/cmake/external/gtest.cmake
index 9be625b620287cd4c644ae6908000fd5eec5d5c7..e459526583bd5ee3c89807657f3c30376e57d971 100644
--- a/cmake/external/gtest.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/gtest.cmake
@@ -79,5 +79,4 @@ IF(WITH_TESTING OR (WITH_DISTRIBUTE AND NOT WITH_GRPC))
     SET_PROPERTY(TARGET gtest_main PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GTEST_MAIN_LIBRARIES})
     ADD_DEPENDENCIES(gtest_main extern_gtest)
 
-    LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies gtest gtest_main)
 ENDIF(WITH_TESTING OR (WITH_DISTRIBUTE AND NOT WITH_GRPC))
diff --git a/cmake/external/leveldb.cmake b/cmake/external/leveldb.cmake
index 0df61b01ab64c8b751bdc3893dd5294ad39ab928..ac0febd076e659927a6a882ff487c61ac130437a 100644
--- a/cmake/external/leveldb.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/leveldb.cmake
@@ -39,6 +39,3 @@ ADD_DEPENDENCIES(extern_leveldb snappy)
 ADD_LIBRARY(leveldb STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET leveldb PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${LEVELDB_LIBRARIES})
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(leveldb extern_leveldb)
-
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies leveldb)
-
diff --git a/cmake/external/libmct.cmake b/cmake/external/libmct.cmake
index 27cff8cfb6315c9b4fa5677ad9062bee73a0e5d8..b944f2945b7874ca76bf1a19e0a363f564851a62 100644
--- a/cmake/external/libmct.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/libmct.cmake
@@ -72,7 +72,4 @@ else()
     add_library(libmct INTERFACE)
 endif()
 
-#ADD_LIBRARY(libmct SHARED IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(libmct ${LIBMCT_PROJECT})
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies libmct)
-
diff --git a/cmake/external/libxsmm.cmake b/cmake/external/libxsmm.cmake
index 39f49d210a20d49a06c120361ecf0a5d07d1af28..69cdba7c5921f14a87172d95791332e364045b26 100644
--- a/cmake/external/libxsmm.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/libxsmm.cmake
@@ -53,5 +53,3 @@ MESSAGE(STATUS "Libxsmm library: ${LIBXSMM_LIBS}")
 include_directories(${LIBXSMM_INCLUDE_DIR})
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DPADDLE_WITH_LIBXSMM)
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(libxsmm extern_libxsmm)
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies libxsmm)
-
diff --git a/cmake/external/mkldnn.cmake b/cmake/external/mkldnn.cmake
index 92fe76d05c7507c295b784bc37870abfc31a0a29..94a266c50114a94d125467d55a6367a6999e3298 100644
--- a/cmake/external/mkldnn.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/mkldnn.cmake
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ SET_PROPERTY(TARGET shared_mkldnn PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${MKLDNN_LIB})
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(shared_mkldnn ${MKLDNN_PROJECT})
 MESSAGE(STATUS "MKLDNN library: ${MKLDNN_LIB}")
 add_definitions(-DPADDLE_WITH_MKLDNN)
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies shared_mkldnn)
 
 # generate a static dummy target to track mkldnn dependencies
 # for cc_library(xxx SRCS xxx.c DEPS mkldnn)
diff --git a/cmake/external/mklml.cmake b/cmake/external/mklml.cmake
index 2caff27357687018f29c1efc55b7b82c9dc3ccf6..54826cedb871690a82b535ae3ed102600277c622 100644
--- a/cmake/external/mklml.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/mklml.cmake
@@ -73,4 +73,3 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${MKLML_INC_DIR})
 ADD_LIBRARY(mklml SHARED IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET mklml PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${MKLML_LIB})
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(mklml ${MKLML_PROJECT})
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies mklml)
diff --git a/cmake/external/ngraph.cmake b/cmake/external/ngraph.cmake
index 14af98b2d74d4aa955aac27727e05567788a84c9..5812a61f0ddc3a3233ff212710fc1b16aa140724 100644
--- a/cmake/external/ngraph.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/ngraph.cmake
@@ -77,4 +77,3 @@ add_dependencies(ngraph ${NGRAPH_PROJECT})
 target_compile_definitions(ngraph INTERFACE -DPADDLE_WITH_NGRAPH)
 target_include_directories(ngraph INTERFACE ${NGRAPH_INC_DIR})
 target_link_libraries(ngraph INTERFACE ${NGRAPH_SHARED_LIB})
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies ngraph)
diff --git a/cmake/external/openblas.cmake b/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
index b347a592929836a473ac764c0af1153b07d54258..fdc7f485748f4f98fa5f401764a5ee1ab25640aa 100644
--- a/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ ENDIF()
 
 IF(NOT ${CBLAS_FOUND})
     ADD_DEPENDENCIES(cblas extern_openblas)
-    LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies cblas)
 ELSE()
     IF("${CBLAS_PROVIDER}" STREQUAL "MKLML")
         ADD_DEPENDENCIES(cblas mklml)
diff --git a/cmake/external/protobuf.cmake b/cmake/external/protobuf.cmake
index 3da3f10d7c91094ff8ae7daeadfb55e4e44eb731..c2511d43e359e3b1f80bea14e911a54f82f6d3b0 100644
--- a/cmake/external/protobuf.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/protobuf.cmake
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ macro(PROMPT_PROTOBUF_LIB)
         ADD_DEPENDENCIES(protoc ${dep})
     ENDFOREACH()
 
-    LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies protobuf)
     RETURN()
 endmacro()
 macro(SET_PROTOBUF_VERSION)
diff --git a/cmake/external/pslib.cmake b/cmake/external/pslib.cmake
index b4ea268e5a48e29d00b0ec8b957b61a42553ec7e..0287e5cf2a835ed65c5fc26ff69d2653d5db217e 100644
--- a/cmake/external/pslib.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/pslib.cmake
@@ -70,4 +70,3 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
 ADD_LIBRARY(pslib SHARED IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET pslib PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${PSLIB_LIB})
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(pslib ${PSLIB_PROJECT})
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies pslib)
diff --git a/cmake/external/pslib_brpc.cmake b/cmake/external/pslib_brpc.cmake
index 8b43f2ef5c999fc351543ba958c7cc4b0856625d..22c8c1b463764b6e107c5f3da25d51b36c2ce59f 100644
--- a/cmake/external/pslib_brpc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/pslib_brpc.cmake
@@ -70,4 +70,3 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
 ADD_LIBRARY(pslib_brpc SHARED IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET pslib_brpc PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${PSLIB_BRPC_LIB})
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(pslib_brpc ${PSLIB_BRPC_PROJECT})
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies pslib_brpc)
diff --git a/cmake/external/threadpool.cmake b/cmake/external/threadpool.cmake
index 0159815fed81bdff6de3e561af569e9edc75f947..1f56bc7ab056ef0dd95d603ebe3461ef044b2a79 100644
--- a/cmake/external/threadpool.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/threadpool.cmake
@@ -26,5 +26,3 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 add_dependencies(simple_threadpool extern_threadpool)
-
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies simple_threadpool)
diff --git a/cmake/external/warpctc.cmake b/cmake/external/warpctc.cmake
index 7a25aaf15f2c7f46d99394d82d69bc24e4f5cb2c..6f2af8670f25c00ac0970fe4ae2b0c5b03aa0d9e 100644
--- a/cmake/external/warpctc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/warpctc.cmake
@@ -83,5 +83,3 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${THIRD_PARTY_PATH}/install) # For Paddle code to include wa
 ADD_LIBRARY(warpctc SHARED IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET warpctc PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${WARPCTC_LIBRARIES})
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(warpctc extern_warpctc)
-
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies warpctc)
diff --git a/cmake/external/xbyak.cmake b/cmake/external/xbyak.cmake
index 384c2f9328296ce6a8a6293be6cc47e5063dd3c4..1d61154c0d45dea795902d6544deb796693db263 100644
--- a/cmake/external/xbyak.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/xbyak.cmake
@@ -55,4 +55,3 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 add_dependencies(xbyak ${XBYAK_PROJECT})
-list(APPEND external_project_dependencies xbyak)
diff --git a/cmake/external/xxhash.cmake b/cmake/external/xxhash.cmake
index a0f300c2e8bab9e7402f869eed1b4c2d1c579aab..23b1e02108642df561948a6faa3152effb7ca932 100644
--- a/cmake/external/xxhash.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/xxhash.cmake
@@ -71,5 +71,3 @@ add_library(xxhash STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 set_property(TARGET xxhash PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${XXHASH_LIBRARIES})
 include_directories(${XXHASH_INCLUDE_DIR})
 add_dependencies(xxhash extern_xxhash)
-
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies xxhash)
diff --git a/cmake/external/zlib.cmake b/cmake/external/zlib.cmake
index 6c8d79c25e6a2655711fe4450e65600c9a584015..5569fefe992d10ad4820e51e677f40271d0214e7 100644
--- a/cmake/external/zlib.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/zlib.cmake
@@ -57,5 +57,3 @@ ENDIF(WIN32)
 ADD_LIBRARY(zlib STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 SET_PROPERTY(TARGET zlib PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(zlib extern_zlib)
-
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies zlib)
diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index bcc997ff4511db45d2a775092c0798d7c1e9be06..81c34beeef2159f89d761f69add6900fd47984fc 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,18 +4,6 @@ set(PY_FILES paddle/__init__.py
   ${UTILS_PY_FILES}
   ${FLUID_PY_FILES})
 
-set(MKL_SHARED_LIBS "")
-set(MKL_DEPENDS "")
-if(WITH_MKLML)
-  list(APPEND MKL_SHARED_LIBS ${MKLML_LIB} ${MKLML_IOMP_LIB})
-  list(APPEND MKL_DEPENDS mklml)
-endif()
-
-if(WITH_MKLDNN)
-  list(APPEND MKL_SHARED_LIBS "${MKLDNN_SHARED_LIB}")
-  list(APPEND MKL_DEPENDS mkldnn mkldnn_shared_lib)
-endif()
-
 if(WITH_GPU)
   SET(PACKAGE_NAME "paddlepaddle-gpu")
 else()
@@ -42,7 +30,7 @@ IF(WIN32)
             COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env ${py_env} ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} setup.py bdist_wheel
             COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${PADDLE_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR}/.timestamp
             COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove_directory ${PADDLE_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR}/lib-python
-            DEPENDS copy_paddle_pybind ${FLUID_CORE} framework_py_proto profiler_py_proto ${PY_FILES} ${external_project_dependencies} ${COPY_PADDLE_MASTER})
+            DEPENDS copy_paddle_pybind ${FLUID_CORE} framework_py_proto profiler_py_proto ${PY_FILES})
 ELSE(WIN32)
 	add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${PADDLE_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR}/.timestamp
 		COMMAND touch stub.cc
@@ -51,11 +39,10 @@ ELSE(WIN32)
 		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${PADDLE_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR}/.timestamp
 		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove_directory ${PADDLE_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR}/lib-python
 		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${PADDLE_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR}/lib* ${PADDLE_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR}/lib-python
-		DEPENDS copy_paddle_pybind ${FLUID_CORE} framework_py_proto profiler_py_proto ${PY_FILES} ${external_project_dependencies} ${COPY_PADDLE_MASTER})
+		DEPENDS copy_paddle_pybind ${FLUID_CORE} framework_py_proto profiler_py_proto ${PY_FILES})
 ENDIF()
 
-set(paddle_python_deps ${PADDLE_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR}/.timestamp ${MKL_DEPENDS} ${external_project_dependencies})
-add_custom_target(paddle_python ALL DEPENDS ${paddle_python_deps})
+add_custom_target(paddle_python ALL DEPENDS ${PADDLE_PYTHON_BUILD_DIR}/.timestamp)
 
 set(PADDLE_PYTHON_PACKAGE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dist/)