diff --git a/src/caffe/layers/window_data_layer.cpp b/src/caffe/layers/window_data_layer.cpp
index 1bf3760e9fd..f41169debe4 100644
--- a/src/caffe/layers/window_data_layer.cpp
+++ b/src/caffe/layers/window_data_layer.cpp
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ void WindowDataLayer<Dtype>::load_batch(Batch<Dtype>* batch) {
           image_database_cache_[window[WindowDataLayer<Dtype>::IMAGE_INDEX]];
         cv_img = DecodeDatumToCVMat(image_cached.second, true);
       } else {
-        cv_img = cv::imread(image.first, CV_LOAD_IMAGE_COLOR);
+        cv_img = cv::imread(image.first, cv::IMREAD_COLOR);
         if (!cv_img.data) {
           LOG(ERROR) << "Could not open or find file " << image.first;
           return;
diff --git a/src/caffe/test/test_io.cpp b/src/caffe/test/test_io.cpp
index c2c919e90dc..f804b0fecf5 100644
--- a/src/caffe/test/test_io.cpp
+++ b/src/caffe/test/test_io.cpp
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ class IOTest : public ::testing::Test {};
 bool ReadImageToDatumReference(const string& filename, const int label,
     const int height, const int width, const bool is_color, Datum* datum) {
   cv::Mat cv_img;
-  int cv_read_flag = (is_color ? CV_LOAD_IMAGE_COLOR :
-    CV_LOAD_IMAGE_GRAYSCALE);
+  int cv_read_flag = (is_color ? cv::IMREAD_COLOR : cv::IMREAD_GRAYSCALE);
 
   cv::Mat cv_img_origin = cv::imread(filename, cv_read_flag);
   if (!cv_img_origin.data) {
diff --git a/src/caffe/util/io.cpp b/src/caffe/util/io.cpp
index 5295d9dddb9..b09aa302b33 100644
--- a/src/caffe/util/io.cpp
+++ b/src/caffe/util/io.cpp
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ void WriteProtoToBinaryFile(const Message& proto, const char* filename) {
 cv::Mat ReadImageToCVMat(const string& filename,
     const int height, const int width, const bool is_color) {
   cv::Mat cv_img;
-  int cv_read_flag = (is_color ? CV_LOAD_IMAGE_COLOR :
-    CV_LOAD_IMAGE_GRAYSCALE);
+  int cv_read_flag = (is_color ? cv::IMREAD_COLOR :
+    cv::IMREAD_GRAYSCALE);
   cv::Mat cv_img_origin = cv::imread(filename, cv_read_flag);
   if (!cv_img_origin.data) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "Could not open or find file " << filename;
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@ cv::Mat DecodeDatumToCVMat(const Datum& datum, bool is_color) {
   CHECK(datum.encoded()) << "Datum not encoded";
   const string& data = datum.data();
   std::vector<char> vec_data(data.c_str(), data.c_str() + data.size());
-  int cv_read_flag = (is_color ? CV_LOAD_IMAGE_COLOR :
-    CV_LOAD_IMAGE_GRAYSCALE);
+  int cv_read_flag = (is_color ? cv::IMREAD_COLOR : cv::IMREAD_GRAYSCALE);
   cv_img = cv::imdecode(vec_data, cv_read_flag);
   if (!cv_img.data) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "Could not decode datum ";