diff --git a/ufs/ccpp/data/GFS_typedefs.F90 b/ufs/ccpp/data/GFS_typedefs.F90
index 755d7575f..02d88850f 100644
--- a/ufs/ccpp/data/GFS_typedefs.F90
+++ b/ufs/ccpp/data/GFS_typedefs.F90
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ module GFS_typedefs
   real(kind=kind_phys), parameter :: clear_val = zero
 
   !--- data containers
+!! \section arg_table_GFS_statein_type
+!! \htmlinclude GFS_statein_type.html
+!!
   type GFS_statein_type
     real (kind=kind_phys), pointer :: prsl(:) => null() !< model layer mean pressure Pa
     real (kind=kind_phys), pointer :: tgrs(:) => null() !< model layer mean temperature in k
@@ -15,16 +18,6 @@ module GFS_typedefs
     procedure :: create  => statein_create  !<   allocate array data
   end type GFS_statein_type
 
-!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-! combined type of all of the above except GFS_control_type and GFS_interstitial_type
-!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-!! \section arg_table_GFS_data_type
-!! \htmlinclude GFS_data_type.html
-!!
-  type GFS_data_type
-     type(GFS_statein_type) :: statein
-  end type GFS_data_type
-
   contains
 
   subroutine statein_create(statein, im)
diff --git a/ufs/ccpp/data/GFS_typedefs.meta b/ufs/ccpp/data/GFS_typedefs.meta
index 8c63994c6..015bcea2f 100644
--- a/ufs/ccpp/data/GFS_typedefs.meta
+++ b/ufs/ccpp/data/GFS_typedefs.meta
@@ -21,22 +21,6 @@
   type = real
   kind = kind_phys
 
-########################################################################
-[ccpp-table-properties]
-  name = GFS_data_type
-  type = ddt
-  dependencies =
-
-[ccpp-arg-table]
-  name = GFS_data_type
-  type = ddt
-[Statein]
-  standard_name = GFS_statein_type_instance
-  long_name = prognostic state data in from dycore
-  units = DDT
-  dimensions = ()
-  type = GFS_statein_type
-
 ########################################################################
 [ccpp-table-properties]
   name = GFS_typedefs
@@ -47,12 +31,6 @@
 [ccpp-arg-table]
   name = GFS_typedefs
   type = module
-[GFS_data_type]
-  standard_name = GFS_data_type
-  long_name = definition of type GFS_data_type
-  units = DDT
-  dimensions = ()
-  type = GFS_data_type
 [GFS_statein_type]
   standard_name = GFS_statein_type
   long_name = definition of type GFS_statein_type
diff --git a/ufs/ccpp/data/med_typedefs.F90 b/ufs/ccpp/data/med_typedefs.F90
index c9611dac1..8f92fa897 100644
--- a/ufs/ccpp/data/med_typedefs.F90
+++ b/ufs/ccpp/data/med_typedefs.F90
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module med_type_defs
   implicit none
 
   type physics_type
-    ype(GFS_statein_type) :: statein
+    type(GFS_statein_type) :: statein
   end type physics_type
 
   type(physics_type), target :: physics