diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Eager/EagerRunner.TFE_Execute.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Eager/EagerRunner.TFE_Execute.cs
index 3806b3ad..018ba921 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Eager/EagerRunner.TFE_Execute.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Eager/EagerRunner.TFE_Execute.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace Tensorflow.Eager
             object[] attrs,
             int num_outputs)
         {
-            var status = tf.Status;
+            var status = new Status();
             var op = GetOp(ctx, op_name, status);
             c_api.TFE_OpSetDevice(op, device_name, status);
             if (status.ok())
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/BackendImpl.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/BackendImpl.cs
index 80403ad6..9059a1d8 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/BackendImpl.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Keras/BackendImpl.cs
@@ -138,9 +138,6 @@ namespace Tensorflow.Keras
             ops.set_default_session(tf.Session(ops.get_default_graph()));
             tf.enable_eager_execution();
             tf.Runner.ClearEagerOperationMap();
-
-            GC.Collect();
-            GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
         }
         public void manual_variable_initialization(bool value)
         {