diff --git a/python/llm/dev/test/pep8-report.txt b/python/llm/dev/test/pep8-report.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/convert.py b/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/convert.py
index 91e9d2f4..e7d63f38 100644
--- a/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/convert.py
+++ b/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/convert.py
@@ -736,6 +736,9 @@ def _optimize_pre(model, qtype=None):
     if model.config.model_type == "internlmxcomposer2":
         from ipex_llm.transformers.models.internlm import pre_process_attn_and_mlp
         model.apply(pre_process_attn_and_mlp)
+    if model.config.model_type == "gemma2":
+        from ipex_llm.transformers.models.gemma2 import merge_qkv
+        model.apply(merge_qkv)
 
     return model
 
diff --git a/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/models/common.py b/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/models/common.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d32e2ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/models/common.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2016 The BigDL Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+import torch
+from typing import List
+
+
+def merge_linear(linears: List[torch.nn.Linear]) -> torch.nn.Linear:
+    new_weight = torch.cat(list(linear.weight.data for linear in linears), dim=0)
+    if linears[0].bias is not None:
+        new_linear = torch.nn.Linear(0, 0, bias=True)
+        new_bias = torch.cat(list(linear.bias.data for linear in linears), dim=0)
+        new_linear.bias = torch.nn.Parameter(new_bias, requires_grad=False)
+    else:
+        new_linear = torch.nn.Linear(0, 0, bias=False)
+    new_linear.weight = torch.nn.Parameter(new_weight, requires_grad=False)
+    new_linear.in_features = new_weight.size(1)
+    new_linear.out_features = new_weight.size(0)
+    return new_linear
+
+
+def merge_qkv_base(module: torch.nn.Module, attention_class):
+    if isinstance(module, attention_class):
+        qkv_proj = merge_linear([
+            module.q_proj,
+            module.k_proj,
+            module.v_proj,
+        ])
+        module.qkv_proj = qkv_proj
+        del module.q_proj, module.k_proj, module.v_proj
diff --git a/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/models/gemma2.py b/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/models/gemma2.py
index 27eea21f..719c758f 100644
--- a/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/models/gemma2.py
+++ b/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/models/gemma2.py
@@ -35,11 +35,17 @@ from typing import Optional, Tuple
 
 import torch
 from ipex_llm.utils.common import invalidInputError
+from ipex_llm.transformers.models.common import merge_qkv_base
 from ipex_llm.transformers.models.utils import should_use_fuse_rope
 from transformers.cache_utils import Cache
+from transformers.models.gemma2.modeling_gemma2 import Gemma2Attention
 from transformers.models.gemma2.modeling_gemma2 import repeat_kv, apply_rotary_pos_emb
 
 
+def merge_qkv(module: torch.nn.Module):
+    return merge_qkv_base(module, Gemma2Attention)
+
+
 def gemma2_attention_forward(
     self,
     hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
@@ -52,16 +58,12 @@ def gemma2_attention_forward(
 ) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, Optional[torch.Tensor], Optional[Tuple[torch.Tensor]]]:
     bsz, q_len, _ = hidden_states.size()
 
-    query_states = self.q_proj(hidden_states)
-    key_states = self.k_proj(hidden_states)
-    value_states = self.v_proj(hidden_states)
-
-    query_states = query_states.view(bsz, q_len, self.num_heads,
-                                     self.head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
-    key_states = key_states.view(bsz, q_len, self.num_key_value_heads,
-                                 self.head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
-    value_states = value_states.view(bsz, q_len, self.num_key_value_heads,
-                                     self.head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
+    qkv = self.qkv_proj(hidden_states)
+    qkv = qkv.view(bsz, q_len, self.num_heads + 2 * self.num_key_value_heads, self.head_dim)
+    qkv = qkv.transpose(1, 2)
+    query_states, key_states, value_states = qkv.split([self.num_heads,
+                                                        self.num_key_value_heads,
+                                                        self.num_key_value_heads], dim=1)
 
     # IPEX-LLM OPT: fuse rope
     if should_use_fuse_rope(hidden_states, position_ids, self.training):