diff --git a/python/paddle/fleet/base/distributed_strategy.py b/python/paddle/fleet/base/distributed_strategy.py
index c72e3ca160dafc0ad2f166bca826f689a100a92d..0ebaff3a0f70c734b97b1da509fdaa0b080c5e3f 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fleet/base/distributed_strategy.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fleet/base/distributed_strategy.py
@@ -374,17 +374,6 @@ class DistributedStrategy(object):
         else:
             print("WARNING: sync should have value of bool type")
 
-    @property
-    def async(self):
-        return self.strategy.async
-
-    @async.setter
-    def async(self, flag):
-        if isinstance(flag, bool):
-            self.strategy.async = flag
-        else:
-            print("WARNING: async should have value of bool type")
-
     @property
     def async_k_step(self):
         return self.strategy.async_k_step
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_fleet_distributed_strategy.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_fleet_distributed_strategy.py
index 3ec220d841d98e41e7fdaaf3d3342389aebdf919..0668546a703bc00369d55e12d4b03c934c9315c2 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_fleet_distributed_strategy.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_fleet_distributed_strategy.py
@@ -247,15 +247,6 @@ class TestStrategyConfig(unittest.TestCase):
         strategy.sync = "True"
         self.assertEqual(strategy.sync, False)
 
-    def test_async(self):
-        strategy = paddle.fleet.DistributedStrategy()
-        strategy.async = True
-        self.assertEqual(strategy.async, True)
-        strategy.async = False
-        self.assertEqual(strategy.async, False)
-        strategy.async = "True"
-        self.assertEqual(strategy.async, False)
-
     def test_async_k_step(self):
         strategy = paddle.fleet.DistributedStrategy()
         strategy.async_k_step = 10000