diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a01a2e04b337a32e67eb8d1e5783a44a38ba562..400b57eec84dd29ee383f3a22b07e89a5caffa26 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -200,11 +200,13 @@ list(REMOVE_ITEM TEST_OPS test_fuse_bn_act_pass)
 list(REMOVE_ITEM TEST_OPS test_imperative_static_runner_mnist)
 list(REMOVE_ITEM TEST_OPS test_imperative_static_runner_while)
 
+# disable this unittest temporarily
+list(REMOVE_ITEM TEST_OPS test_imperative_data_loader_exception)
 if (APPLE OR WIN32)
   list(REMOVE_ITEM TEST_OPS test_dataset)
   list(REMOVE_ITEM TEST_OPS test_dataset_dataloader)
   list(REMOVE_ITEM TEST_OPS test_imperative_data_loader_base)
-  list(REMOVE_ITEM TEST_OPS test_imperative_data_loader_exception)
+  # list(REMOVE_ITEM TEST_OPS test_imperative_data_loader_exception)
   list(REMOVE_ITEM TEST_OPS test_imperative_data_loader_process)
   list(REMOVE_ITEM TEST_OPS test_imperative_data_loader_fds_clear)
   list(REMOVE_ITEM TEST_OPS test_imperative_data_loader_exit_func)
@@ -377,6 +379,6 @@ set_tests_properties(test_parallel_executor_crf test_sync_batch_norm_op test_inp
 
 if(NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE)
     set_tests_properties(test_imperative_data_loader_base PROPERTIES LABELS "RUN_TYPE=EXCLUSIVE" RUN_SERIAL TRUE)
-    set_tests_properties(test_imperative_data_loader_exception PROPERTIES LABELS "RUN_TYPE=EXCLUSIVE" RUN_SERIAL TRUE)
     set_tests_properties(test_imperative_data_loader_fds_clear PROPERTIES LABELS "RUN_TYPE=EXCLUSIVE" RUN_SERIAL TRUE)
+    # set_tests_properties(test_imperative_data_loader_exception PROPERTIES LABELS "RUN_TYPE=EXCLUSIVE" RUN_SERIAL TRUE)
 endif()