diff --git a/paddle/fluid/framework/block_desc.cc b/paddle/fluid/framework/block_desc.cc
index fbe08349c37c4fde115ceea954ba2b84880088d7..b8847e4b909cbab67b2ddb6885b45b73d402de19 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/framework/block_desc.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/framework/block_desc.cc
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License. */
 
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/block_desc.h"
+#include <queue>
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/operator.h"
 #include "paddle/fluid/framework/program_desc.h"
 
-#include <queue>
-
 namespace paddle {
 namespace framework {
 
@@ -147,52 +146,7 @@ void BlockDesc::RemoveOp(size_t s, size_t e) {
   if (ops_.begin() + s == ops_.end() || ops_.begin() + e == ops_.end()) {
     return;
   }
-  auto get_vars = [](std::deque<std::unique_ptr<OpDesc>>::iterator &op,
-                     std::vector<std::string> &v) {
-    auto in_names = (*op)->InputArgumentNames();
-    v.insert(v.end(), in_names.begin(), in_names.end());
-    auto out_names = (*op)->OutputArgumentNames();
-    v.insert(v.end(), out_names.begin(), out_names.end());
-    std::sort(v.begin(), v.end());
-    auto last = std::unique(v.begin(), v.end());
-    v.erase(last, v.end());
-  };
-  need_update_ = true;
-
-  for (size_t i = s; i < e; i++) {
-    // since remove op one by one, every time remove the first op.
-    auto op = ops_.begin() + s;
-
-    // collect input and output variables from current delete op
-    std::vector<std::string> cur_vars;
-    get_vars(op, cur_vars);
-
-    // remove current op
-    ops_.erase(ops_.begin() + s);
-
-    // collect input and output variables from other ops
-    std::vector<std::string> other_vars;
-    for (auto it = ops_.begin(); it != ops_.end(); it++) {
-      get_vars(it, other_vars);
-    }
-
-    // variables should be deleted
-    std::vector<std::string> delete_vars;
-    // delete_vars = cur_vars -  cur_vars ^ other_input_vars
-    std::set_difference(cur_vars.begin(), cur_vars.end(), other_vars.begin(),
-                        other_vars.end(),
-                        std::inserter(delete_vars, delete_vars.end()));
-    // remove variables
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < delete_vars.size(); i++) {
-      auto name = delete_vars[i];
-      auto it = vars_.find(name);
-      PADDLE_ENFORCE(it != vars_.end(),
-                     "%s is not in variable list, it should not be deleted",
-                     name);
-      vars_.erase(it);
-      VLOG(3) << "deleting variable " << name;
-    }
-  }
+  ops_.erase(ops_.begin() + s, ops_.begin() + e);
 }
 
 std::vector<OpDesc *> BlockDesc::AllOps() const {
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py b/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py
index 33cf6918178ff746a6b130af0e23a69de0f532fe..793421a22fbf6f3c25ec6a9bf8359f4e71e905de 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py
@@ -818,6 +818,11 @@ class Block(object):
         del self.vars[name]
         self.sync_with_cpp()
 
+    def remove_var(self, name):
+        self.sync_with_cpp()
+        self.desc.remove_var(name)
+        del self.vars[name]
+
     def create_parameter(self, *args, **kwargs):
         global_block = self.program.global_block()
         param = Parameter(global_block, *args, **kwargs)
@@ -838,6 +843,11 @@ class Block(object):
         self.ops.insert(index, op)
         return op
 
+    def remove_op(self, index):
+        self.sync_with_cpp()
+        self.desc.remove_op(index, index + 1)
+        del self.ops[index]
+
     def delete_ops(self, ops):
         # remove from cpp
         # FIXME(typhoonzero): remove only the first occurrence.
@@ -846,6 +856,7 @@ class Block(object):
             end = list(self.ops).index(ops[-1])
         except Exception, e:
             raise e
+
         self.desc.remove_op(start, end + 1)
 
     def slice_ops(self, start, end):
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_protobuf_descs.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_protobuf_descs.py
index f98a8bbc68a4315df3ae761f2e52b8f11cb620c6..3f9059fb5b31cd009c068ccddc9a8938adae5772 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_protobuf_descs.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_protobuf_descs.py
@@ -201,24 +201,6 @@ class TestBlockDesc(unittest.TestCase):
         op1.set_type("test")
         op2.set_type("test")
 
-        var0 = block.var("var0")
-        var1 = block.var("var1")
-        var2 = block.var("var2")
-        var3 = block.var("var3")
-        var4 = block.var("var4")
-        var5 = block.var("var5")
-
-        op0.set_input("X", ["var0"])
-        op0.set_output("Y", ["var0"])
-        op1.set_input("X", ["var1", "var2"])
-        op1.set_output("Y", ["var3", "var4"])
-        op2.set_input("X", ["var1"])
-        op2.set_output("Y", ["var4", "var5"])
-
-        program.sync_with_cpp()
-
-        # remove op1, its input var2 and output var3 will be removed at the same time,
-        # but its input var1 and output var4 will not be removed since they are used for op2.
         block.remove_op(1, 2)
         program.sync_with_cpp()
 
@@ -226,8 +208,6 @@ class TestBlockDesc(unittest.TestCase):
         for idx in xrange(0, block.op_size()):
             all_ops.append(block.op(idx))
         self.assertEqual(all_ops, [op0, op2])
-        all_vars = block.all_vars()
-        self.assertEqual(set(all_vars), {var0, var1, var4, var5})
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':