diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c7eb260aea8478f4833cb79253f4481e10b8685..e8ea828dd2a25f5f47b03e92ae86e083d4425dc9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ option(WITH_GPU         "Compile PaddlePaddle with NVIDIA GPU"          ${CUDA_F
 option(WITH_AVX         "Compile PaddlePaddle with AVX intrinsics"      ${AVX_FOUND})
 option(WITH_MKL         "Compile PaddlePaddle with MKL support."        ${AVX_FOUND})
 option(WITH_DSO         "Compile PaddlePaddle with dynamic linked CUDA" ON)
-option(WITH_TESTING     "Compile PaddlePaddle with unit testing"        ON)
+option(WITH_TESTING     "Compile PaddlePaddle with unit testing"        OFF)
 option(WITH_SWIG_PY     "Compile PaddlePaddle with inference api"       ON)
 option(WITH_STYLE_CHECK "Compile PaddlePaddle with style check"         ON)
 option(WITH_PYTHON      "Compile PaddlePaddle with python interpreter"  ON)
diff --git a/doc/getstarted/build_and_install/build_from_source_cn.rst b/doc/getstarted/build_and_install/build_from_source_cn.rst
index 71904dc41ed0d946867d890cc585e1b88450ca8c..ff904b1022a41612c9680dce92d3fc2c69ad7e93 100644
--- a/doc/getstarted/build_and_install/build_from_source_cn.rst
+++ b/doc/getstarted/build_and_install/build_from_source_cn.rst
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ PaddlePaddle的编译选项，包括生成CPU/GPU二进制文件、链接何种B
     "WITH_AVX", "是否编译含有AVX指令集的PaddlePaddle二进制文件", "ON"
     "WITH_PYTHON", "是否内嵌PYTHON解释器", "ON"
     "WITH_STYLE_CHECK", "是否编译时进行代码风格检查", "ON"
-    "WITH_TESTING", "是否开启单元测试", "ON"
+    "WITH_TESTING", "是否开启单元测试", "OFF"
     "WITH_DOC", "是否编译中英文文档", "OFF"
     "WITH_SWIG_PY", "是否编译PYTHON的SWIG接口，该接口可用于预测和定制化训练", "Auto"
     "WITH_GOLANG", "是否编译go语言的可容错parameter server", "ON"
diff --git a/doc/getstarted/build_and_install/build_from_source_en.rst b/doc/getstarted/build_and_install/build_from_source_en.rst
index 27f73b2e2c029b41d514e1612912ed1c335605b6..718fb869c23a1f7be82c87c726282bded9dad516 100644
--- a/doc/getstarted/build_and_install/build_from_source_en.rst
+++ b/doc/getstarted/build_and_install/build_from_source_en.rst
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ You can add :code:`-D` argument to pass such options, like:
     "WITH_AVX", "Build with AVX support", "ON"
     "WITH_PYTHON", "Build with integrated Python interpreter", "ON"
     "WITH_STYLE_CHECK", "Check code style when building", "ON"
-    "WITH_TESTING", "Build unit tests", "ON"
+    "WITH_TESTING", "Build unit tests", "OFF"
     "WITH_DOC", "Build documentations", "OFF"
     "WITH_SWIG_PY", "Build Python SWIG interface for V2 API", "Auto"
     "WITH_GOLANG", "Build fault-tolerant parameter server written in go", "ON"
diff --git a/paddle/scripts/docker/README.md b/paddle/scripts/docker/README.md
index f0620498cfa6775ce2949cc02fa9f6c9529dec2e..65c46745556bc5ea91fdd4e33060f2535422e8e8 100644
--- a/paddle/scripts/docker/README.md
+++ b/paddle/scripts/docker/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Users can specify the following Docker build arguments with either "ON" or "OFF"
 | ------ | -------- | ----------- |
 | `WITH_GPU` | OFF | Generates NVIDIA CUDA GPU code and relies on CUDA libraries. |
 | `WITH_AVX` | OFF | Set to "ON" to enable AVX support. |
-| `WITH_TESTING` | ON | Build unit tests binaries. |
+| `WITH_TESTING` | OFF | Build unit tests binaries. |
 | `WITH_MKL` | ON | Build with [Intel® MKL](https://software.intel.com/en-us/mkl) and [Intel® MKL-DNN](https://github.com/01org/mkl-dnn) support. |
 | `WITH_GOLANG` | ON | Build fault-tolerant parameter server written in go. |
 | `WITH_SWIG_PY` | ON | Build with SWIG python API support. |