diff --git a/timm/models/metaformers.py b/timm/models/metaformers.py
index de5433f6..fbd93ea0 100644
--- a/timm/models/metaformers.py
+++ b/timm/models/metaformers.py
@@ -441,20 +441,13 @@ class MetaFormerBlock(nn.Module):
         x = self.res_scale1(x) + \
             self.layer_scale1(
                 self.drop_path1(
-                    self.token_mixer(
-                        self.norm1(
-                            x.permute(0, 3, 1, 2)
-                        ).permute(0, 2, 3, 1)
-                    )
+                    self.token_mixer(self.norm1(x))
                 )
             )
         x = self.res_scale2(x) + \
             self.layer_scale2(
                 self.drop_path2(
-                    self.mlp(self.norm2(
-                            x.permute(0, 3, 1, 2)
-                        )#.permute(0, 2, 3, 1)
-                    )
+                    self.mlp(self.norm2(x))
                 )
             )
         #x = x.view(B, C, H, W)
@@ -915,10 +908,10 @@ def poolformerv1_s24(pretrained=False, **kwargs):
         dims=[64, 128, 320, 512],
         downsample_norm=None,
         token_mixers=Pooling,
-        mlp_fn=partial(nn.Conv2d, kernel_size=1),
+        mlp_fn=partial(Conv2dChannelsLast, kernel_size=1),
         mlp_act=nn.GELU,
         mlp_bias=True,
-        norm_layers=GroupNorm1,
+        norm_layers=partial(LayerNormGeneral, normalized_dim=(1, 2, 3), eps=1e-6, bias=True),
         layer_scale_init_values=1e-5,
         res_scale_init_values=None,
         **kwargs)
@@ -931,10 +924,10 @@ def poolformerv1_s36(pretrained=False, **kwargs):
         dims=[64, 128, 320, 512],
         downsample_norm=None,
         token_mixers=Pooling,
-        mlp_fn=partial(nn.Conv2d, kernel_size=1),
+        mlp_fn=partial(Conv2dChannelsLast, kernel_size=1),
         mlp_act=nn.GELU,
         mlp_bias=True,
-        norm_layers=GroupNorm1,
+        norm_layers=partial(LayerNormGeneral, normalized_dim=(1, 2, 3), eps=1e-6, bias=True),
         layer_scale_init_values=1e-6,
         res_scale_init_values=None,
         **kwargs)
@@ -947,10 +940,10 @@ def poolformerv1_m36(pretrained=False, **kwargs):
         dims=[96, 192, 384, 768],
         downsample_norm=None,
         token_mixers=Pooling,
-        mlp_fn=partial(nn.Conv2d, kernel_size=1),
+        mlp_fn=partial(Conv2dChannelsLast, kernel_size=1),
         mlp_act=nn.GELU,
         mlp_bias=True,
-        norm_layers=GroupNorm1,
+        norm_layers=partial(LayerNormGeneral, normalized_dim=(1, 2, 3), eps=1e-6, bias=True),
         layer_scale_init_values=1e-6,
         res_scale_init_values=None,
         **kwargs)
@@ -963,10 +956,10 @@ def poolformerv1_m48(pretrained=False, **kwargs):
         dims=[96, 192, 384, 768],
         downsample_norm=None,
         token_mixers=Pooling,
-        mlp_fn=partial(nn.Conv2d, kernel_size=1),
+        mlp_fn=partial(Conv2dChannelsLast, kernel_size=1),
         mlp_act=nn.GELU,
         mlp_bias=True,
-        norm_layers=GroupNorm1,
+        norm_layers=partial(LayerNormGeneral, normalized_dim=(1, 2, 3), eps=1e-6, bias=True),
         layer_scale_init_values=1e-6,
         res_scale_init_values=None,
         **kwargs)