diff --git a/paddlehub/module/module.py b/paddlehub/module/module.py
index ed7d60daae51f088600d81fd1df0d8ed7b55a68d..580c332c9e2c74168aea72b292245c199b84e031 100644
--- a/paddlehub/module/module.py
+++ b/paddlehub/module/module.py
@@ -54,72 +54,6 @@ PYTHON_DIR = "python"
 PROCESSOR_NAME = "processor"
 # PaddleHub var prefix
 HUB_VAR_PREFIX = "@HUB_%s@"
-# PaddleHub Module package suffix
-HUB_PACKAGE_SUFFIX = "phm"
-
-
-def create_module(directory, name, author, email, module_type, summary,
-                  version):
-    save_file = "{}-{}.{}".format(name, version, HUB_PACKAGE_SUFFIX)
-
-    with tmp_dir() as base_dir:
-        # package the module
-        with tarfile.open(save_file, "w:gz") as tar:
-            module_dir = os.path.join(base_dir, name)
-            shutil.copytree(directory, module_dir)
-
-            # record module info and serialize
-            desc = module_desc_pb2.ModuleDesc()
-            attr = desc.attr
-            attr.type = module_desc_pb2.MAP
-            module_info = attr.map.data['module_info']
-            module_info.type = module_desc_pb2.MAP
-            utils.from_pyobj_to_module_attr(name, module_info.map.data['name'])
-            utils.from_pyobj_to_module_attr(author,
-                                            module_info.map.data['author'])
-            utils.from_pyobj_to_module_attr(
-                email, module_info.map.data['author_email'])
-            utils.from_pyobj_to_module_attr(module_type,
-                                            module_info.map.data['type'])
-            utils.from_pyobj_to_module_attr(summary,
-                                            module_info.map.data['summary'])
-            utils.from_pyobj_to_module_attr(version,
-                                            module_info.map.data['version'])
-            module_desc_path = os.path.join(module_dir, "module_desc.pb")
-            with open(module_desc_path, "wb") as f:
-                f.write(desc.SerializeToString())
-
-            # generate check info
-            checker = ModuleChecker(module_dir)
-            checker.generate_check_info()
-
-            # add __init__
-            module_init = os.path.join(module_dir, "__init__.py")
-            with open(module_init, "a") as file:
-                file.write("")
-
-            _cwd = os.getcwd()
-            os.chdir(base_dir)
-            module_dir = module_dir.replace(base_dir, ".")
-            tar.add(module_dir, recursive=False)
-            files = []
-            for dirname, _, subfiles in os.walk(module_dir):
-                for file in subfiles:
-                    #                     if file.startswith("."):
-                    #                         continue
-                    files.append(os.path.join(dirname, file))
-
-            total_length = len(files)
-            print("Create Module {}-{}".format(name, version))
-            for index, file in enumerate(files):
-                done = int(float(index) / total_length * 50)
-                progress("[%-50s] %.2f%%" % ('=' * done,
-                                             float(index / total_length * 100)))
-                tar.add(file)
-            progress("[%-50s] %.2f%%" % ('=' * 50, 100), end=True)
-            print("Module package saved as {}".format(save_file))
-            os.chdir(_cwd)
-
 
 _module_runnable_func = {}