diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 2482bdd18..d2b0b9971 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -376,18 +376,11 @@ struct llama_load_tensor_shard {
     }
 };
 
-enum llama_split_type {
-    SPLIT_NONE,
-    SPLIT_BY_COLUMNS,
-    SPLIT_BY_ROWS
-};
-
 struct llama_load_tensor {
-    std::vector<llama_load_tensor_shard> shards;
+    llama_load_tensor_shard first_shard;
 
     std::string name;
     enum ggml_type type = GGML_TYPE_F32;
-    llama_split_type split_type = SPLIT_NONE;
     std::vector<uint32_t> ne;
     size_t size;
     struct ggml_tensor * ggml_tensor = NULL;
@@ -397,58 +390,16 @@ struct llama_load_tensor {
 
     void calc_all() {
         calc_type();
-        calc_split_type();
         calc_ne();
         calc_size();
     }
 
     void calc_type() {
-        const auto & first_shard = shards.at(0);
-        for (const auto & shard : shards) {
-            if (shard.type != first_shard.type) {
-                throw std::runtime_error(format("inconsistent tensor shard type in '%s'", name.c_str()));
-            }
-        }
         type = first_shard.type;
     }
 
-    void calc_split_type() {
-        if (shards.at(0).ne.size() == 1 || // 1D tensors are just duplicated in every file
-            shards.size() == 1) { // only one file?
-            split_type = SPLIT_NONE;
-        } else if (name.find("tok_embeddings.") == 0 ||
-            name.find(".attention.wo.weight") != std::string::npos ||
-            name.find(".feed_forward.w2.weight") != std::string::npos) {
-            split_type = SPLIT_BY_COLUMNS;
-        } else {
-            split_type = SPLIT_BY_ROWS;
-        }
-    }
-
     void calc_ne() {
-        const auto & first_shard = shards.at(0);
-        for (const auto & shard : shards) {
-            if (shard.ne != first_shard.ne) {
-                throw std::runtime_error(format("inconsistent tensor shard shape in '%s': first was %s, other was %s",
-                             name.c_str(), llama_format_tensor_shape(first_shard.ne).c_str(), llama_format_tensor_shape(shard.ne).c_str()));
-            }
-        }
         ne = first_shard.ne;
-        LLAMA_ASSERT(shards.size() <= UINT32_MAX);
-        uint32_t n_shards = (uint32_t) shards.size();
-        switch (split_type) {
-            case SPLIT_NONE:
-                ne = first_shard.ne;
-                break;
-            case SPLIT_BY_COLUMNS:
-                ne = {checked_mul<uint32_t>(first_shard.ne[0], n_shards),
-                      first_shard.ne[1]};
-                break;
-            case SPLIT_BY_ROWS:
-                ne = {first_shard.ne[0],
-                      checked_mul<uint32_t>(first_shard.ne[1], n_shards)};
-                break;
-        }
     }
 
     void calc_size() {
@@ -589,7 +540,7 @@ struct llama_file_loader {
                 idx = tensors_map.tensors.size() - 1;
                 tensors_map.name_to_idx.emplace(name, idx);
             }
-            tensors_map.tensors.at(idx).shards.push_back(shard);
+            tensors_map.tensors.at(idx).first_shard = shard;
         }
     }
 };
@@ -693,10 +644,8 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
 
     bool alignment_prevents_mmap() {
         for (const llama_load_tensor & lt : tensors_map.tensors) {
-            for (const llama_load_tensor_shard & shard : lt.shards) {
-                if (shard.file_off & 3) {
-                    return true;
-                }
+            if (lt.first_shard.file_off & 3) {
+                return true;
             }
         }
         return false;
@@ -708,7 +657,7 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
             throw std::runtime_error(std::string("missing tok_embeddings.weight"));
         }
         const llama_load_tensor & lt = tensors_map.tensors.at(it->second);
-        return file_loaders.at(0)->hparams.n_embd / lt.shards.at(0).ne.at(0);
+        return file_loaders.at(0)->hparams.n_embd / lt.first_shard.ne.at(0);
     }
 
     void calc_sizes(size_t * ctx_size_p, size_t * mmapped_size_p) const {
@@ -830,45 +779,13 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
 
     void load_data_for(llama_load_tensor & lt) {
         if (use_mmap) {
-            LLAMA_ASSERT(lt.shards.size() == 1);
-            lt.data = (uint8_t *) mapping->addr + lt.shards.at(0).file_off;
-        } else if (lt.split_type == SPLIT_NONE) {
-            llama_file & file = file_loaders.at(lt.shards.at(0).file_idx)->file;
-            file.seek(lt.shards.at(0).file_off, SEEK_SET);
+            lt.data = (uint8_t *) mapping->addr + lt.first_shard.file_off;
+        } else {
+            llama_file & file = file_loaders.at(lt.first_shard.file_idx)->file;
+            file.seek(lt.first_shard.file_off, SEEK_SET);
             file.read_raw(lt.data, lt.size);
-        } else if (lt.split_type == SPLIT_BY_ROWS) {
-            size_t offset = 0;
-            for (llama_load_tensor_shard & shard : lt.shards) {
-                llama_file & file = file_loaders.at(shard.file_idx)->file;
-                file.seek(shard.file_off, SEEK_SET);
-                file.read_raw(lt.data + offset, shard.size);
-                offset += shard.size;
-            }
-            LLAMA_ASSERT(offset == lt.size);
-        } else if (lt.split_type == SPLIT_BY_COLUMNS) {
-            // Let's load the data into temporary buffers to ensure the OS performs large loads.
-            std::vector<llama_buffer> tmp_bufs(lt.shards.size());
-            for (size_t i = 0; i < lt.shards.size(); i++) {
-                llama_load_tensor_shard & shard = lt.shards.at(i);
-                llama_file & file = file_loaders.at(shard.file_idx)->file;
-                file.seek(shard.file_off, SEEK_SET);
-                tmp_bufs.at(i).resize(shard.size);
-                file.read_raw(tmp_bufs.at(i).addr, shard.size);
-            }
-            // Then reshape.
-            size_t num_rows = lt.ne.at(1);
-            size_t per_shard_row_size = lt.shards.at(0).size / num_rows;
-            size_t out_offset = 0;
-            for (size_t row = 0; row < num_rows; row++) {
-                for (llama_buffer & tmp_buf : tmp_bufs) {
-                    memcpy(lt.data + out_offset,
-                           tmp_buf.addr + row * per_shard_row_size,
-                           per_shard_row_size);
-                    out_offset += per_shard_row_size;
-                }
-            }
-            LLAMA_ASSERT(out_offset == lt.size);
         }
+
         if (0) {
             print_checksum(lt);
         }