diff --git a/tools/infer/predict_cls.py b/tools/infer/predict_cls.py
index 1a0cf356..8f2a1361 100755
--- a/tools/infer/predict_cls.py
+++ b/tools/infer/predict_cls.py
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ class TextClassifier(object):
                 if '180' in label and score > self.cls_thresh:
                     img_list[indices[beg_img_no + rno]] = cv2.rotate(
                         img_list[indices[beg_img_no + rno]], 1)
-        elapse = time.time() - starttime
         return img_list, cls_res, elapse