diff --git a/src/model.cpp b/src/model.cpp
index d23b97fac..2c708ed6a 100644
--- a/src/model.cpp
+++ b/src/model.cpp
@@ -162,43 +162,7 @@ uint16_t f8_e4m3_to_f16(uint8_t f8) {
 }
 
 uint16_t f8_e5m2_to_f16(uint8_t fp8) {
-    uint8_t sign     = (fp8 >> 7) & 0x1;
-    uint8_t exponent = (fp8 >> 2) & 0x1F;
-    uint8_t mantissa = fp8 & 0x3;
-
-    uint16_t fp16_sign = sign << 15;
-    uint16_t fp16_exponent;
-    uint16_t fp16_mantissa;
-
-    if (exponent == 0 && mantissa == 0) {  // zero
-        return fp16_sign;
-    }
-
-    if (exponent == 0x1F) {  // NAN and INF
-        fp16_exponent = 0x1F;
-        fp16_mantissa = mantissa ? (mantissa << 8) : 0;
-        return fp16_sign | (fp16_exponent << 10) | fp16_mantissa;
-    }
-
-    if (exponent == 0) {  // subnormal numbers
-        fp16_mantissa = (mantissa << 8);
-        return fp16_sign | fp16_mantissa;
-    }
-
-    // normal numbers
-    int16_t true_exponent = (int16_t)exponent - 15 + 15;
-    if (true_exponent <= 0) {
-        fp16_exponent = 0;
-        fp16_mantissa = (mantissa << 8);
-    } else if (true_exponent >= 0x1F) {
-        fp16_exponent = 0x1F;
-        fp16_mantissa = 0;
-    } else {
-        fp16_exponent = (uint16_t)true_exponent;
-        fp16_mantissa = mantissa << 8;
-    }
-
-    return fp16_sign | (fp16_exponent << 10) | fp16_mantissa;
+    return static_cast<uint16_t>(fp8) << 8;
 }
 
 void f8_e4m3_to_f16_vec(uint8_t* src, uint16_t* dst, int64_t n) {