diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b21d33489dbce4894ae323fc62dafd5f59fdb31..2b6006c59fa4561f72210ba0e82f6ee9e6141982 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ include(flags)
 if (NOT CLIENT_ONLY)
 include(external/cudnn)
 include(paddlepaddle)
-include(external/opencv)
 endif()
 
 message("paddle serving source dir: " ${PADDLE_SERVING_SOURCE_DIR})
@@ -124,7 +123,6 @@ endif()
 
 if (NOT CLIENT_ONLY)
     list(APPEND EXTERNAL_LIBS paddlepaddle)
-    list(APPEND EXTERNAL_LIBS opencv)
 endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(core)
diff --git a/core/general-server/CMakeLists.txt b/core/general-server/CMakeLists.txt
index a1b5e01fdb9f62236b37d85679dd1515a1d35cb6..87d1c284dba2b098ac065f5e86f7506a79c0141f 100644
--- a/core/general-server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/general-server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ include_directories(SYSTEM  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../kvdb/include)
 include(op/CMakeLists.txt)
 include(proto/CMakeLists.txt)
 add_executable(serving ${serving_srcs})
-add_dependencies(serving pdcodegen fluid_cpu_engine pdserving paddle_fluid
-        opencv_imgcodecs cube-api utils)
+add_dependencies(serving pdcodegen fluid_cpu_engine pdserving paddle_fluid cube-api utils)
 if (WITH_GPU)
     add_dependencies(serving fluid_gpu_engine)
 endif()