diff --git a/modules/imgproc/perf/perf_pyramids.cpp b/modules/imgproc/perf/perf_pyramids.cpp
index 9ee1040cb2..e23af8eade 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/perf/perf_pyramids.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/perf/perf_pyramids.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ PERF_TEST_P(Size_MatType, pyrDown, testing::Combine(
     Size sz = get<0>(GetParam());
     int matType = get<1>(GetParam());
     const double eps = CV_MAT_DEPTH(matType) <= CV_32S ? 1 : 1e-5;
+    perf::ERROR_TYPE error_type = CV_MAT_DEPTH(matType) <= CV_32S ? ERROR_ABSOLUTE : ERROR_RELATIVE;
 
     Mat src(sz, matType);
     Mat dst((sz.height + 1)/2, (sz.width + 1)/2, matType);
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ PERF_TEST_P(Size_MatType, pyrDown, testing::Combine(
 
     TEST_CYCLE() pyrDown(src, dst);
 
-    SANITY_CHECK(dst, eps, ERROR_RELATIVE);
+    SANITY_CHECK(dst, eps, error_type);
 }
 
 PERF_TEST_P(Size_MatType, pyrUp, testing::Combine(
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ PERF_TEST_P(Size_MatType, pyrUp, testing::Combine(
     Size sz = get<0>(GetParam());
     int matType = get<1>(GetParam());
     const double eps = CV_MAT_DEPTH(matType) <= CV_32S ? 1 : 1e-5;
+    perf::ERROR_TYPE error_type = CV_MAT_DEPTH(matType) <= CV_32S ? ERROR_ABSOLUTE : ERROR_RELATIVE;
 
     Mat src(sz, matType);
     Mat dst(sz.height*2, sz.width*2, matType);
@@ -43,12 +45,12 @@ PERF_TEST_P(Size_MatType, pyrUp, testing::Combine(
 
     TEST_CYCLE() pyrUp(src, dst);
 
-    SANITY_CHECK(dst, eps, ERROR_RELATIVE);
+    SANITY_CHECK(dst, eps, error_type);
 }
 
 PERF_TEST_P(Size_MatType, buildPyramid, testing::Combine(
                 testing::Values(sz1080p, sz720p, szVGA, szQVGA, szODD),
-                testing::Values(CV_8UC1, CV_8UC3, CV_8UC4, CV_16UC1, CV_16UC3, CV_16UC4, CV_32FC1, CV_32FC3, CV_32FC4)
+                testing::Values(CV_8UC1, CV_8UC3, CV_8UC4, CV_32FC1, CV_32FC3, CV_32FC4)
                 )
             )
 {
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ PERF_TEST_P(Size_MatType, buildPyramid, testing::Combine(
     int matType = get<1>(GetParam());
     int maxLevel = 5;
     const double eps = CV_MAT_DEPTH(matType) <= CV_32S ? 1 : 1e-5;
-
+    perf::ERROR_TYPE error_type = CV_MAT_DEPTH(matType) <= CV_32S ? ERROR_ABSOLUTE : ERROR_RELATIVE;
     Mat src(sz, matType);
     std::vector<Mat> dst(maxLevel);
 
@@ -66,9 +68,9 @@ PERF_TEST_P(Size_MatType, buildPyramid, testing::Combine(
 
     Mat dst0 = dst[0], dst1 = dst[1], dst2 = dst[2], dst3 = dst[3], dst4 = dst[4];
 
-    SANITY_CHECK(dst0, eps, ERROR_RELATIVE);
-    SANITY_CHECK(dst1, eps, ERROR_RELATIVE);
-    SANITY_CHECK(dst2, eps, ERROR_RELATIVE);
-    SANITY_CHECK(dst3, eps, ERROR_RELATIVE);
-    SANITY_CHECK(dst4, eps, ERROR_RELATIVE);
+    SANITY_CHECK(dst0, eps, error_type);
+    SANITY_CHECK(dst1, eps, error_type);
+    SANITY_CHECK(dst2, eps, error_type);
+    SANITY_CHECK(dst3, eps, error_type);
+    SANITY_CHECK(dst4, eps, error_type);
 }
diff --git a/modules/imgproc/src/pyramids.cpp b/modules/imgproc/src/pyramids.cpp
index a984f25425..02e03c0c52 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/src/pyramids.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/src/pyramids.cpp
@@ -671,16 +671,6 @@ void cv::buildPyramid( InputArray _src, OutputArrayOfArrays _dst, int maxlevel,
             pyrInitAllocFunc = (ippiPyramidLayerDownInitAlloc) ippiPyramidLayerDownInitAlloc_8u_C3R;
             pyrDownFunc = (ippiPyramidLayerDown) ippiPyramidLayerDown_8u_C3R;
             pyrFreeFunc = (ippiPyramidLayerDownFree) ippiPyramidLayerDownFree_8u_C3R;
-        } else if (type == CV_16UC1)
-        {
-            pyrInitAllocFunc = (ippiPyramidLayerDownInitAlloc) ippiPyramidLayerDownInitAlloc_16u_C1R;
-            pyrDownFunc = (ippiPyramidLayerDown) ippiPyramidLayerDown_16u_C1R;
-            pyrFreeFunc = (ippiPyramidLayerDownFree) ippiPyramidLayerDownFree_16u_C1R;
-        } else if (type == CV_16UC3)
-        {
-            pyrInitAllocFunc = (ippiPyramidLayerDownInitAlloc) ippiPyramidLayerDownInitAlloc_16u_C3R;
-            pyrDownFunc = (ippiPyramidLayerDown) ippiPyramidLayerDown_16u_C3R;
-            pyrFreeFunc = (ippiPyramidLayerDownFree) ippiPyramidLayerDownFree_16u_C3R;
         } else if (type == CV_32FC1)
         {
             pyrInitAllocFunc = (ippiPyramidLayerDownInitAlloc) ippiPyramidLayerDownInitAlloc_32f_C1R;