diff --git a/example/image-classification/common/data.py b/example/image-classification/common/data.py
index df1449b6365f..78385a7b7e40 100755
--- a/example/image-classification/common/data.py
+++ b/example/image-classification/common/data.py
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ def get_rec_iter(args, kv=None):
         std_r               = rgb_std[0],
         std_g               = rgb_std[1],
         std_b               = rgb_std[2],
-        resize              = 256,
         data_name           = 'data',
         label_name          = 'softmax_label',
         batch_size          = args.batch_size,