diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_checkpoint.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_checkpoint.py
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-#   Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-import paddle.fluid as fluid
-import unittest
-import os
-import tempfile
-
-
-class TestCheckpoint(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.dirname = tempfile.mktemp()
-        self.max_num_checkpoints = 3
-        self.epoch_interval = 1
-        self.step_interval = 1
-        self.trainer_id = 0
-        self.chief = self.trainer_id == 0
-        self.place = fluid.CPUPlace()
-        self.epoch_id = 100
-        self.step_id = 20
-
-    def test_checkpoint(self):
-        self.save_checkpoint()
-        serial = fluid.io.get_latest_checkpoint_serial(self.dirname)
-        self.assertTrue(serial >= 0)
-        trainer_args = ["epoch_id", "step_id"]
-        epoch_id, step_id = fluid.io.load_trainer_args(
-            self.dirname, serial, self.trainer_id, trainer_args)
-        self.assertEqual(self.step_id, int(step_id))
-        self.assertEqual(self.epoch_id, int(epoch_id))
-
-        program = fluid.Program()
-        with fluid.program_guard(program):
-            exe = fluid.Executor(self.place)
-            fluid.io.load_checkpoint(exe, self.dirname, serial, program)
-
-        fluid.io.clean_checkpoint(self.dirname, delete_dir=True)
-        self.assertFalse(os.path.isdir(self.dirname))
-
-    def save_checkpoint(self):
-        config = fluid.CheckpointConfig(self.dirname, self.max_num_checkpoints,
-                                        self.epoch_interval, self.step_interval)
-
-        trainer_args = {}
-        trainer_args["epoch_id"] = self.epoch_id
-        trainer_args["step_id"] = self.step_id
-
-        program = fluid.Program()
-        with fluid.program_guard(program):
-            program.global_block().create_var(
-                name="scale_0",
-                psersistable=True,
-                dtype="float32",
-                shape=[32, 32])
-
-            exe = fluid.Executor(self.place)
-            for i in xrange(10):
-                fluid.io.save_checkpoint(exe, config.checkpoint_dir,
-                                         self.trainer_id, trainer_args, program,
-                                         config.max_num_checkpoints)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main()