diff --git a/paddle/ir/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/ir/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e6af70335a1077b296bd81066923734c20b57e2..084ee7e52cada2eef2f8fd11133f64dfe970c302 100644
--- a/paddle/ir/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/paddle/ir/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ endif()
 set(NEWIR_SOURCE_DIR "${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/ir")
 set(NEWIR_BINARY_DIR "${PADDLE_BINARY_DIR}/paddle/ir")
 
-# ir tests
-add_subdirectory(tests)
-
 file(GLOB IR_SRCS "*.cc")
 
 cc_library(new_ir SRCS ${IR_SRCS})
diff --git a/paddle/ir/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/paddle/ir/tests/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e012ec5bd264d1208921cb5882d959df11ab3a34..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/paddle/ir/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-cc_test_old(type_test SRCS type_test.cc DEPS new_ir gtest)
-cc_test_old(ir_attribute_test SRCS ir_attribute_test.cc DEPS new_ir gtest)
-cc_test_old(ir_value_test SRCS ir_value_test.cc DEPS new_ir gtest)
diff --git a/test/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/test/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 752fa86168ab8a837bd827beb81a41372fa21286..3b896f38c5cc28c324d0ac89cc2e628de496cf66 100644
--- a/test/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ add_subdirectory(jit)
 add_subdirectory(new_executor)
 add_subdirectory(prim)
 add_subdirectory(imperative)
+add_subdirectory(ir)
diff --git a/test/cpp/ir/CMakeLists.txt b/test/cpp/ir/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..48feb56c2e270d5ecee6f2550443c43937f0a420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cpp/ir/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+if(WITH_NEWIR)
+  cc_test_old(type_test SRCS type_test.cc DEPS new_ir gtest)
+  cc_test_old(ir_attribute_test SRCS ir_attribute_test.cc DEPS new_ir gtest)
+  cc_test_old(ir_value_test SRCS ir_value_test.cc DEPS new_ir gtest)
+endif()
diff --git a/paddle/ir/tests/ir_attribute_test.cc b/test/cpp/ir/ir_attribute_test.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from paddle/ir/tests/ir_attribute_test.cc
rename to test/cpp/ir/ir_attribute_test.cc
diff --git a/paddle/ir/tests/ir_value_test.cc b/test/cpp/ir/ir_value_test.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from paddle/ir/tests/ir_value_test.cc
rename to test/cpp/ir/ir_value_test.cc
diff --git a/paddle/ir/tests/type_test.cc b/test/cpp/ir/type_test.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from paddle/ir/tests/type_test.cc
rename to test/cpp/ir/type_test.cc