diff --git a/ppocr/utils/utility.py b/ppocr/utils/utility.py
index 29576d971486326aec3c93601656d7b982ef3336..6a746314ff35c4b4093989517f89631baca5f7fa 100755
--- a/ppocr/utils/utility.py
+++ b/ppocr/utils/utility.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 import logging
 import os
-import imghdr
 import cv2
 
 
@@ -51,13 +50,15 @@ def get_image_file_list(img_file):
     if img_file is None or not os.path.exists(img_file):
         raise Exception("not found any img file in {}".format(img_file))
 
-    img_end = {'jpg', 'bmp', 'png', 'jpeg', 'rgb', 'tif', 'tiff', 'gif', 'GIF'}
-    if os.path.isfile(img_file) and imghdr.what(img_file) in img_end:
+    img_end = {'jpg', 'bmp', 'png', 'jpeg', 'rgb', 'tif', 'tiff', 'gif'}
+    if os.path.isfile(img_file) and os.path.splitext(img_file)[-1][1:].lower(
+    ) in img_end:
         imgs_lists.append(img_file)
     elif os.path.isdir(img_file):
         for single_file in os.listdir(img_file):
             file_path = os.path.join(img_file, single_file)
-            if os.path.isfile(file_path) and imghdr.what(file_path) in img_end:
+            if os.path.isfile(file_path) and os.path.splitext(file_path)[-1][
+                    1:].lower() in img_end:
                 imgs_lists.append(file_path)
     if len(imgs_lists) == 0:
         raise Exception("not found any img file in {}".format(img_file))
@@ -76,4 +77,4 @@ def check_and_read_gif(img_path):
             frame = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2RGB)
         imgvalue = frame[:, :, ::-1]
         return imgvalue, True
-    return None, False
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+    return None, False