diff --git a/doc/fluid/api/layers.rst b/doc/fluid/api/layers.rst
index 6f0267cd7a1d0afcdcb1596a46ffe2d15eea100d..39f894051491fc306559efb55109230381e778a3 100644
--- a/doc/fluid/api/layers.rst
+++ b/doc/fluid/api/layers.rst
@@ -290,14 +290,6 @@ Recv
 ..  autofunction:: paddle.fluid.layers.Recv
     :noindex:
 
-.. _api_fluid_layers_open_recordio_file:
-
-open_recordio_file
-------------------
-
-..  autofunction:: paddle.fluid.layers.open_recordio_file
-    :noindex:
-
 .. _api_fluid_layers_open_files:
 
 open_files
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/API.spec b/paddle/fluid/API.spec
index 1e321716697ea4f8628bc796e6fd6e4a262fb8f1..bbd9429e30f4ae0dd56c5a89f71ad6e5391a7edf 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/API.spec
+++ b/paddle/fluid/API.spec
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ paddle.fluid.layers.unstack ArgSpec(args=['x', 'axis', 'num'], varargs=None, key
 paddle.fluid.layers.sequence_enumerate ArgSpec(args=['input', 'win_size', 'pad_value', 'name'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(0, None))
 paddle.fluid.layers.sequence_concat ArgSpec(args=['input', 'name'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None,))
 paddle.fluid.layers.data ArgSpec(args=['name', 'shape', 'append_batch_size', 'dtype', 'lod_level', 'type', 'stop_gradient'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(True, 'float32', 0, VarType.LOD_TENSOR, True))
-paddle.fluid.layers.open_recordio_file ArgSpec(args=['filename', 'shapes', 'lod_levels', 'dtypes', 'pass_num', 'for_parallel'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(1, True))
 paddle.fluid.layers.open_files ArgSpec(args=['filenames', 'shapes', 'lod_levels', 'dtypes', 'thread_num', 'buffer_size', 'pass_num', 'is_test'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=(None, None, 1, None))
 paddle.fluid.layers.read_file ArgSpec(args=['reader'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None)
 paddle.fluid.layers.shuffle ArgSpec(args=['reader', 'buffer_size'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None)
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/layers/io.py b/python/paddle/fluid/layers/io.py
index 0881273c7a715c933e5c476b7341e8ce6941270e..d56fa76300e7054ef71a7729483a579fa35f1dac 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/layers/io.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/layers/io.py
@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ from ..layer_helper import LayerHelper
 from ..unique_name import generate as unique_name
 
 __all__ = [
-    'data', 'open_recordio_file', 'open_files', 'read_file', 'shuffle', 'batch',
-    'double_buffer', 'random_data_generator', 'py_reader', 'Preprocessor',
-    'load'
+    'data', 'open_files', 'read_file', 'shuffle', 'batch', 'double_buffer',
+    'random_data_generator', 'py_reader', 'Preprocessor', 'load'
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_multi_pass_reader.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_multi_pass_reader.py
index 4fae11e928dc7e066799a8936bada0e252afaa42..8835b6995e00756bcfd3385f362c292924d98128 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_multi_pass_reader.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_multi_pass_reader.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import unittest
 import paddle.fluid as fluid
 import paddle
 import paddle.dataset.mnist as mnist
+from paddle.fluid.layers.io import open_recordio_file
 
 
 class TestMultipleReader(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ class TestMultipleReader(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_main(self):
         with fluid.program_guard(fluid.Program(), fluid.Program()):
-            data_file = fluid.layers.open_recordio_file(
+            data_file = open_recordio_file(
                 filename='./mnist.recordio',
                 shapes=[(-1, 784), (-1, 1)],
                 lod_levels=[0, 0],
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_preprocessor.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_preprocessor.py
index 98e609b76982650c9d18f87c3c0637056cc40899..0f0bdfc44a7bec7cdf1af22e2dd291de23293fc8 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_preprocessor.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_preprocessor.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import paddle
 import paddle.fluid as fluid
 import paddle.dataset.mnist as mnist
+from paddle.fluid.layers.io import open_recordio_file
 
 
 class TestPreprocessor(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ class TestPreprocessor(unittest.TestCase):
         img_expected_res = []
         lbl_expected_res = []
         with fluid.program_guard(fluid.Program(), fluid.Program()):
-            data_file = fluid.layers.io.open_recordio_file(
+            data_file = open_recordio_file(
                 './mnist_for_preprocessor_test.recordio',
                 shapes=[[-1, 784], [-1, 1]],
                 lod_levels=[0, 0],
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ class TestPreprocessor(unittest.TestCase):
         img_actual_res = []
         lbl_actual_res = []
         with fluid.program_guard(fluid.Program(), fluid.Program()):
-            data_file = fluid.layers.io.open_recordio_file(
+            data_file = open_recordio_file(
                 './mnist_for_preprocessor_test.recordio',
                 shapes=[[-1, 784], [-1, 1]],
                 lod_levels=[0, 0],
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_recordio_reader.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_recordio_reader.py
index c5210bb2085bc386df43cd0d20292d7b308a1093..f5009556adc8951aad80532d77cac4b920887c66 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_recordio_reader.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_recordio_reader.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import unittest
 import paddle.fluid as fluid
 import paddle
 import paddle.dataset.mnist as mnist
+from paddle.fluid.layers.io import open_recordio_file
 
 
 class TestRecordIO(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ class TestRecordIO(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_main(self, decorator_callback=None):
         # use new program
         with fluid.program_guard(fluid.Program(), fluid.Program()):
-            data_file = fluid.layers.open_recordio_file(
+            data_file = open_recordio_file(
                 './mnist.recordio',
                 shapes=[[-1, 784], [-1, 1]],
                 lod_levels=[0, 0],
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/transformer_model.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/transformer_model.py
index f0e74aff6bdfa7d9f0a7f10e64cac4de88009f0a..ab7a18d4c5c4ce1e490e2951ff9fbb023324e753 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/transformer_model.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/transformer_model.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import numpy as np
 
 import paddle.fluid as fluid
 import paddle.fluid.layers as layers
+from paddle.fluid.layers.io import open_recordio_file
 
 pos_enc_param_names = (
     "src_pos_enc_table",
@@ -405,7 +406,7 @@ def transformer(
         src_pad_idx,
         trg_pad_idx,
         pos_pad_idx, ):
-    file_obj = fluid.layers.open_recordio_file(
+    file_obj = open_recordio_file(
         filename='/tmp/wmt16.recordio',
         shapes=[
             [batch_size * max_length, 1],