diff --git a/deepmd/utils/tabulate.py b/deepmd/utils/tabulate.py
index ee1088bd3c..1aa108c185 100644
--- a/deepmd/utils/tabulate.py
+++ b/deepmd/utils/tabulate.py
@@ -84,26 +84,17 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.sub_sess = tf.Session(graph = self.sub_graph)
 
         if isinstance(self.descrpt, deepmd.descriptor.DescrptSeR):
-            try:
-                self.sel_a = self.graph.get_operation_by_name('ProdEnvMatR').get_attr('sel')
-                self.prod_env_mat_op = self.graph.get_operation_by_name ('ProdEnvMatR')
-            except KeyError:
-                self.sel_a = self.graph.get_operation_by_name('DescrptSeR').get_attr('sel')
-                self.prod_env_mat_op = self.graph.get_operation_by_name ('DescrptSeR')
+            self.sel_a = self.descrpt.sel_r
+            self.rcut = self.descrpt.rcut
+            self.rcut_smth = self.descrpt.rcut_smth
         elif isinstance(self.descrpt, deepmd.descriptor.DescrptSeA):
-            try:
-                self.sel_a = self.graph.get_operation_by_name('ProdEnvMatA').get_attr('sel_a')
-                self.prod_env_mat_op = self.graph.get_operation_by_name ('ProdEnvMatA')
-            except KeyError:
-                self.sel_a = self.graph.get_operation_by_name('DescrptSeA').get_attr('sel_a')
-                self.prod_env_mat_op = self.graph.get_operation_by_name ('DescrptSeA')
+            self.sel_a = self.descrpt.sel_a
+            self.rcut = self.descrpt.rcut_r
+            self.rcut_smth = self.descrpt.rcut_r_smth
         elif isinstance(self.descrpt, deepmd.descriptor.DescrptSeT):
-            try:
-                self.sel_a = self.graph.get_operation_by_name('ProdEnvMatA').get_attr('sel_a')
-                self.prod_env_mat_op = self.graph.get_operation_by_name ('ProdEnvMatA')
-            except KeyError:
-                self.sel_a = self.graph.get_operation_by_name('DescrptSeA').get_attr('sel_a')
-                self.prod_env_mat_op = self.graph.get_operation_by_name ('DescrptSeA')
+            self.sel_a = self.descrpt.sel_a
+            self.rcut = self.descrpt.rcut_r
+            self.rcut_smth = self.descrpt.rcut_r_smth
         else:
             raise RuntimeError("Unsupported descriptor")
 
@@ -111,13 +102,6 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.dstd = get_tensor_by_name_from_graph(self.graph, f'descrpt_attr{self.suffix}/t_std')
         self.ntypes = get_tensor_by_name_from_graph(self.graph, 'descrpt_attr/ntypes')
 
-        if isinstance(self.descrpt, deepmd.descriptor.DescrptSeR):
-            self.rcut = self.prod_env_mat_op.get_attr('rcut')
-            self.rcut_smth = self.prod_env_mat_op.get_attr('rcut_smth')
-        else:
-            self.rcut = self.prod_env_mat_op.get_attr('rcut_r')
-            self.rcut_smth = self.prod_env_mat_op.get_attr('rcut_r_smth')
-
         self.embedding_net_nodes = get_embedding_net_nodes_from_graph_def(self.graph_def, suffix=self.suffix)
 
         # move it to the descriptor class