diff --git a/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp b/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp
index e3ebd660d6208..05df330c0846f 100644
--- a/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp
+++ b/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static const std::vector<struct quant_option> QUANT_OPTIONS = {
     { "IQ2_M",  LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ2_M,  " 2.7  bpw quantization",            },
     { "IQ1_S",  LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ1_S,  " 1.56 bpw quantization",            },
     { "IQ1_M",  LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ1_M,  " 1.75 bpw quantization",            },
-    { "Q2_2",   LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q2_2,   " 2.5  bpw quantization", },
+    { "Q2_2",   LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q2_2,   " 2    bpw quantization", },
     { "Q2_K",   LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q2_K,   " 2.63G, +0.6717 ppl @ LLaMA-v1-7B", },
     { "Q2_K_S", LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_Q2_K_S, " 2.16G, +9.0634 ppl @ LLaMA-v1-7B", },
     { "IQ3_XXS",LLAMA_FTYPE_MOSTLY_IQ3_XXS," 3.06 bpw quantization",            },
diff --git a/ggml-common.h b/ggml-common.h
index d3b6d1a948db8..a1a8246656cca 100644
--- a/ggml-common.h
+++ b/ggml-common.h
@@ -139,10 +139,9 @@ typedef sycl::half2 ggml_half2;
 
 #define QK2_2 32
 typedef struct {
-    ggml_half d;           // delta
     uint8_t qs[QK2_2 / 4]; // nibbles / quants
 } block_q2_2;
-static_assert(sizeof(block_q2_2) == sizeof(ggml_half) + QK2_2 / 4, "wrong q2_2 block size/padding");
+static_assert(sizeof(block_q2_2) == QK2_2 / 4, "wrong q2_2 block size/padding");
 
 #define QK4_0 32
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/ggml-quants.c b/ggml-quants.c
index aebeb02170f0b..a3c8c67319557 100644
--- a/ggml-quants.c
+++ b/ggml-quants.c
@@ -668,10 +668,6 @@ void quantize_row_q2_2_reference(const float * restrict x, block_q2_2 * restrict
 
     for (int i = 0; i < nb; i++) {
 
-        const float d  = 1.0f;
-
-        y[i].d = GGML_FP32_TO_FP16(d);
-
         for (int j = 0; j < qk/4; ++j) {
             int8_t x0 = (int8_t)x[i*qk + j*4 + 0];
             int8_t x1 = (int8_t)x[i*qk + j*4 + 1];
@@ -14369,10 +14365,6 @@ bool ggml_validate_row_data(enum ggml_type type, const void * data, size_t nbyte
                     }
                 }
             } break;
-        case GGML_TYPE_Q2_2:
-            {
-                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_q2_2, data, nb);
-            } break;
         case GGML_TYPE_Q4_0:
             {
                 VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_q4_0, data, nb);
@@ -14467,6 +14459,7 @@ bool ggml_validate_row_data(enum ggml_type type, const void * data, size_t nbyte
             {
                 VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq4_nl, data, nb);
             } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q2_2:
         case GGML_TYPE_I8:
         case GGML_TYPE_I16:
         case GGML_TYPE_I32: