diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 853f4b26f..893066183 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-storage/#history
 
+### [2.2.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/compare/v2.2.0...v2.2.1) (2022-03-15)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* remove py.typed marker file for PEP 561 ([#735](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/issues/735)) ([f77d2f7](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/f77d2f787f435f2f898e9babcdab81225672ad4f)), closes [#734](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/issues/734)
+
 ## [2.2.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/compare/v2.1.0...v2.2.0) (2022-03-14)
 
 
diff --git a/google/__init__.py b/google/__init__.py
index 18e75b457..0e1bc5131 100644
--- a/google/__init__.py
+++ b/google/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 try:
-    import pkg_resources  # type: ignore
+    import pkg_resources
 
     pkg_resources.declare_namespace(__name__)
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/google/cloud/__init__.py b/google/cloud/__init__.py
index 18e75b457..0e1bc5131 100644
--- a/google/cloud/__init__.py
+++ b/google/cloud/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 try:
-    import pkg_resources  # type: ignore
+    import pkg_resources
 
     pkg_resources.declare_namespace(__name__)
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/_helpers.py b/google/cloud/storage/_helpers.py
index e1f0ddbc3..5a1c86c48 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/_helpers.py
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/_helpers.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import os
 from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 
-from google import resumable_media  # type: ignore
+from google import resumable_media
 from google.auth import environment_vars
 from google.cloud.storage.constants import _DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
 from google.cloud.storage.retry import DEFAULT_RETRY
diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/_http.py b/google/cloud/storage/_http.py
index 99114cbf8..6c9d11700 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/_http.py
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/_http.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 
 import functools
 import os
-import pkg_resources  # type: ignore
+import pkg_resources
 
-from google.cloud import _http  # type: ignore
+from google.cloud import _http
 
 from google.cloud.storage import __version__
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/acl.py b/google/cloud/storage/acl.py
index fc4714ab5..b3b77766f 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/acl.py
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/acl.py
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ def get_entities(self):
         self._ensure_loaded()
         return list(self.entities.values())
 
-    @property  # type: ignore
+    @property
     def client(self):
         """Abstract getter for the object client."""
         raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/batch.py b/google/cloud/storage/batch.py
index 36a292d3c..cbc93397f 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/batch.py
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/batch.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import io
 import json
 
-import requests  # type: ignore
+import requests
 
 from google.cloud import _helpers
 from google.cloud import exceptions
diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/blob.py b/google/cloud/storage/blob.py
index bed7b1966..caa4a164f 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/blob.py
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/blob.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 from urllib.parse import urlunsplit
 import warnings
 
-from google import resumable_media  # type: ignore
+from google import resumable_media
 from google.resumable_media.requests import ChunkedDownload
 from google.resumable_media.requests import Download
 from google.resumable_media.requests import RawDownload
diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/client.py b/google/cloud/storage/client.py
index b116cb011..4e0c51e70 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/client.py
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/client.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 from google.auth.credentials import AnonymousCredentials
 
-from google import resumable_media  # type: ignore
+from google import resumable_media
 
 from google.api_core import page_iterator
 from google.cloud._helpers import _LocalStack, _NOW
diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/py.typed b/google/cloud/storage/py.typed
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a062998d..000000000
--- a/google/cloud/storage/py.typed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Marker file for PEP 561.
-# The google-cloud-storage package uses inline types.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/retry.py b/google/cloud/storage/retry.py
index 9a6ec853b..fb7a8e4de 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/retry.py
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/retry.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import requests  # type: ignore
-import requests.exceptions as requests_exceptions  # type: ignore
+import requests
+import requests.exceptions as requests_exceptions
 
 from google.api_core import exceptions as api_exceptions
 from google.api_core import retry
diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/version.py b/google/cloud/storage/version.py
index bd0f8e5c7..b1be7d8c9 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.2.0"
+__version__ = "2.2.1"
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 958e4b770..000000000
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[mypy]
-python_version = 3.7
-namespace_packages = True
-ignore_missing_imports = True
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index a93e098f9..069a486c1 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -63,16 +63,6 @@ def blacken(session):
     )
 
 
-@nox.session(python=DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION)
-def mypy(session):
-    """Verify type hints are mypy compatible."""
-    session.install("-e", ".")
-    session.install(
-        "mypy", "types-setuptools", "types-requests",
-    )
-    session.run("mypy", "-p", "google.cloud.storage", "--no-incremental")
-
-
 @nox.session(python=DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION)
 def lint_setup_py(session):
     """Verify that setup.py is valid (including RST check)."""
diff --git a/samples/snippets/requirements.txt b/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
index 8e7837b43..b95a96f88 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
+++ b/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 google-cloud-pubsub==2.11.0
-google-cloud-storage==2.1.0
+google-cloud-storage==2.2.0
 pandas==1.3.5; python_version == '3.7'
 pandas==1.4.0; python_version >= '3.8'