diff --git a/mmengine/evaluator/builder.py b/mmengine/evaluator/builder.py
index 2a8fb3d8..fcc80031 100644
--- a/mmengine/evaluator/builder.py
+++ b/mmengine/evaluator/builder.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Optional, Union
 
 from ..registry import EVALUATORS
 from .base import BaseEvaluator
@@ -7,14 +7,27 @@ from .composed_evaluator import ComposedEvaluator
 
 
 def build_evaluator(
-        cfg: Union[dict, list]) -> Union[BaseEvaluator, ComposedEvaluator]:
+    cfg: Union[dict, list],
+    default_scope: Optional[str] = None
+) -> Union[BaseEvaluator, ComposedEvaluator]:
     """Build function of evaluator.
 
     When the evaluator config is a list, it will automatically build composed
     evaluators.
+
+    Args:
+        cfg (dict | list): Config of evaluator. When the config is a list, it
+            will automatically build composed evaluators.
+        default_scope (str, optional): The ``default_scope`` is used to
+            reset the current registry. Defaults to None.
+
+    Returns:
+        BaseEvaluator or ComposedEvaluator: The built evaluator.
     """
     if isinstance(cfg, list):
-        evaluators = [EVALUATORS.build(_cfg) for _cfg in cfg]
+        evaluators = [
+            EVALUATORS.build(_cfg, default_scope=default_scope) for _cfg in cfg
+        ]
         return ComposedEvaluator(evaluators=evaluators)
     else:
-        return EVALUATORS.build(cfg)
+        return EVALUATORS.build(cfg, default_scope=default_scope)
diff --git a/mmengine/optim/__init__.py b/mmengine/optim/__init__.py
index 98832cfd..029b7aa3 100644
--- a/mmengine/optim/__init__.py
+++ b/mmengine/optim/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
 from .optimizer import (OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS, OPTIMIZERS,
-                        DefaultOptimizerConstructor, build_optimizer,
-                        build_optimizer_constructor)
+                        DefaultOptimizerConstructor, build_optimizer)
 from .scheduler import (ConstantLR, ConstantMomentum, ConstantParamScheduler,
                         CosineAnnealingLR, CosineAnnealingMomentum,
                         CosineAnnealingParamScheduler, ExponentialLR,
@@ -13,11 +12,11 @@ from .scheduler import (ConstantLR, ConstantMomentum, ConstantParamScheduler,
 
 __all__ = [
     'OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS', 'OPTIMIZERS', 'build_optimizer',
-    'build_optimizer_constructor', 'DefaultOptimizerConstructor', 'ConstantLR',
-    'CosineAnnealingLR', 'ExponentialLR', 'LinearLR', 'MultiStepLR', 'StepLR',
-    'ConstantMomentum', 'CosineAnnealingMomentum', 'ExponentialMomentum',
-    'LinearMomentum', 'MultiStepMomentum', 'StepMomentum',
-    'ConstantParamScheduler', 'CosineAnnealingParamScheduler',
-    'ExponentialParamScheduler', 'LinearParamScheduler',
-    'MultiStepParamScheduler', 'StepParamScheduler', '_ParamScheduler'
+    'DefaultOptimizerConstructor', 'ConstantLR', 'CosineAnnealingLR',
+    'ExponentialLR', 'LinearLR', 'MultiStepLR', 'StepLR', 'ConstantMomentum',
+    'CosineAnnealingMomentum', 'ExponentialMomentum', 'LinearMomentum',
+    'MultiStepMomentum', 'StepMomentum', 'ConstantParamScheduler',
+    'CosineAnnealingParamScheduler', 'ExponentialParamScheduler',
+    'LinearParamScheduler', 'MultiStepParamScheduler', 'StepParamScheduler',
+    '_ParamScheduler'
 ]
diff --git a/mmengine/optim/optimizer/__init__.py b/mmengine/optim/optimizer/__init__.py
index 77d5ac18..a74c6b8e 100644
--- a/mmengine/optim/optimizer/__init__.py
+++ b/mmengine/optim/optimizer/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
-from .builder import (OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS, OPTIMIZERS, build_optimizer,
-                      build_optimizer_constructor)
+from .builder import OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS, OPTIMIZERS, build_optimizer
 from .default_constructor import DefaultOptimizerConstructor
 
 __all__ = [
     'OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS', 'OPTIMIZERS', 'DefaultOptimizerConstructor',
-    'build_optimizer', 'build_optimizer_constructor'
+    'build_optimizer'
 ]
diff --git a/mmengine/optim/optimizer/builder.py b/mmengine/optim/optimizer/builder.py
index a48f65e2..a3e1612d 100644
--- a/mmengine/optim/optimizer/builder.py
+++ b/mmengine/optim/optimizer/builder.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
 import copy
 import inspect
-from typing import Callable, List
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 import torch
 import torch.nn as nn
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ from mmengine.registry import OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS, OPTIMIZERS
 
 
 def register_torch_optimizers() -> List[str]:
+    """Register optimizers in ``torch.optim`` to the ``OPTIMIZERS`` registry.
+
+    Returns:
+        List[str]: A list of registered optimizers' name.
+    """
     torch_optimizers = []
     for module_name in dir(torch.optim):
         if module_name.startswith('__'):
@@ -25,19 +30,35 @@ def register_torch_optimizers() -> List[str]:
 TORCH_OPTIMIZERS = register_torch_optimizers()
 
 
-def build_optimizer_constructor(cfg: dict) -> Callable:
-    return OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS.build(cfg)
+def build_optimizer(
+        model: nn.Module,
+        cfg: dict,
+        default_scope: Optional[str] = None) -> torch.optim.Optimizer:
+    """Build function of optimizer.
 
+    If ``constructor`` is set in the ``cfg``, this method will build an
+    optimizer constructor, and use optimizer constructor to build the
+    optimizer. If ``constructor`` is not set, the
+    ``DefaultOptimizerConstructor`` will be used by default.
 
-def build_optimizer(model: nn.Module, cfg: dict) -> torch.optim.Optimizer:
+    Args:
+        model (nn.Module): Model to be optimized.
+        cfg (dict): Config of optimizer and optimizer constructor.
+        default_scope (str, optional): The ``default_scope`` is used to
+            reset the current registry. Defaults to None.
+
+    Returns:
+        torch.optim.Optimizer: The built optimizer.
+    """
     optimizer_cfg = copy.deepcopy(cfg)
     constructor_type = optimizer_cfg.pop('constructor',
                                          'DefaultOptimizerConstructor')
     paramwise_cfg = optimizer_cfg.pop('paramwise_cfg', None)
-    optim_constructor = build_optimizer_constructor(
+    optim_constructor = OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS.build(
         dict(
             type=constructor_type,
             optimizer_cfg=optimizer_cfg,
-            paramwise_cfg=paramwise_cfg))
-    optimizer = optim_constructor(model)
+            paramwise_cfg=paramwise_cfg),
+        default_scope=default_scope)
+    optimizer = optim_constructor(model, default_scope=default_scope)
     return optimizer
diff --git a/mmengine/optim/optimizer/default_constructor.py b/mmengine/optim/optimizer/default_constructor.py
index be573d3c..18b9db47 100644
--- a/mmengine/optim/optimizer/default_constructor.py
+++ b/mmengine/optim/optimizer/default_constructor.py
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ import torch
 import torch.nn as nn
 from torch.nn import GroupNorm, LayerNorm
 
-from mmengine.registry import (OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS, OPTIMIZERS,
-                               build_from_cfg)
+from mmengine.registry import OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS, OPTIMIZERS
 from mmengine.utils import is_list_of, mmcv_full_available
 from mmengine.utils.parrots_wrapper import _BatchNorm, _InstanceNorm
 
@@ -242,7 +241,9 @@ class DefaultOptimizerConstructor:
                 prefix=child_prefix,
                 is_dcn_module=is_dcn_module)
 
-    def __call__(self, model: nn.Module) -> torch.optim.Optimizer:
+    def __call__(self,
+                 model: nn.Module,
+                 default_scope: Optional[str] = None) -> torch.optim.Optimizer:
         if hasattr(model, 'module'):
             model = model.module
 
@@ -250,11 +251,11 @@ class DefaultOptimizerConstructor:
         # if no paramwise option is specified, just use the global setting
         if not self.paramwise_cfg:
             optimizer_cfg['params'] = model.parameters()
-            return build_from_cfg(optimizer_cfg, OPTIMIZERS)
+            return OPTIMIZERS.build(optimizer_cfg, default_scope=default_scope)
 
         # set param-wise lr and weight decay recursively
         params: List = []
         self.add_params(params, model)
         optimizer_cfg['params'] = params
 
-        return build_from_cfg(optimizer_cfg, OPTIMIZERS)
+        return OPTIMIZERS.build(optimizer_cfg, default_scope=default_scope)
diff --git a/tests/test_optim/test_optimizer/test_optimizer.py b/tests/test_optim/test_optimizer/test_optimizer.py
index 24890f87..2115c20c 100644
--- a/tests/test_optim/test_optimizer/test_optimizer.py
+++ b/tests/test_optim/test_optimizer/test_optimizer.py
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ import torch
 import torch.nn as nn
 
 from mmengine.optim import (OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS, OPTIMIZERS,
-                            DefaultOptimizerConstructor, build_optimizer,
-                            build_optimizer_constructor)
+                            DefaultOptimizerConstructor, build_optimizer)
 from mmengine.optim.optimizer.builder import TORCH_OPTIMIZERS
 from mmengine.registry import build_from_cfg
 from mmengine.utils import mmcv_full_available
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ class TestBuilder(TestCase):
             type='DefaultOptimizerConstructor',
             optimizer_cfg=optimizer_cfg,
             paramwise_cfg=paramwise_cfg)
-        optim_constructor = build_optimizer_constructor(optim_constructor_cfg)
+        optim_constructor = OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS.build(optim_constructor_cfg)
         optimizer = optim_constructor(self.model)
         self._check_sgd_optimizer(optimizer, self.model, **paramwise_cfg)
 
@@ -271,7 +270,7 @@ class TestBuilder(TestCase):
             type='MyOptimizerConstructor',
             optimizer_cfg=optimizer_cfg,
             paramwise_cfg=paramwise_cfg)
-        optim_constructor = build_optimizer_constructor(optim_constructor_cfg)
+        optim_constructor = OPTIMIZER_CONSTRUCTORS.build(optim_constructor_cfg)
         optimizer = optim_constructor(self.model)
 
         param_groups = optimizer.param_groups