diff --git a/python/paddle/v2/image.py b/python/paddle/v2/image.py
index 13f53919aa49694f722d4bf20a7d01af3e3e6533..85ad6984ba08440d8f8c24a6ca5842024dbafe4b 100644
--- a/python/paddle/v2/image.py
+++ b/python/paddle/v2/image.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import numpy as np
 try:
     import cv2
-except ImportError:
-    cv2 = None
-
-from cv2 import resize
+except:
+    print(
+        "import cv2 error, please install opencv-python: pip install opencv-python"
+    )
 
 __all__ = [
     "load_image", "resize_short", "to_chw", "center_crop", "random_crop",
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def resize_short(im, size):
         h_new = size * h / w
     else:
         w_new = size * w / h
-    im = resize(im, (h_new, w_new), interpolation=cv2.INTER_CUBIC)
+    im = cv2.resize(im, (h_new, w_new), interpolation=cv2.INTER_CUBIC)
     return im
 
 
diff --git a/python/setup.py.in b/python/setup.py.in
index 7d9438e3f8132c2a7fa4774750f5fd15f3beed14..5dfb46192ae54fdc36b0867312cf156aefb84f84 100644
--- a/python/setup.py.in
+++ b/python/setup.py.in
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ setup(name='paddle',
           "numpy",
           "protobuf==${PROTOBUF_VERSION}",
           "matplotlib",
-          "opencv-python",
       ],
       packages=packages,
       package_dir={