diff --git a/test/prototype/test_mixed_precision.py b/test/prototype/test_mixed_precision.py
index b921860821..3af56c7bf3 100644
--- a/test/prototype/test_mixed_precision.py
+++ b/test/prototype/test_mixed_precision.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 class TestWeightOnlyQuantNaive(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_quantization_intNwo(self):
         # skip test int4wo for now since it is under development in torchao
-        for quantization_bit in [2, 3, 5, 6, 8]:
+        for quantization_bit in [2, 3, 5, 6]:
             for symmetric in [False, True]:
                 with self.subTest(
                     quantization_bit=quantization_bit, symmetric=symmetric
diff --git a/torchao/prototype/quantization/mixed_precision/scripts/naive_intNwo.py b/torchao/prototype/quantization/mixed_precision/scripts/naive_intNwo.py
index 44680b0fb1..76f8230f30 100644
--- a/torchao/prototype/quantization/mixed_precision/scripts/naive_intNwo.py
+++ b/torchao/prototype/quantization/mixed_precision/scripts/naive_intNwo.py
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
 import torch
 
-from torchao.quantization import int4_weight_only, int8_weight_only
-from torchao.quantization.quant_api import _get_linear_subclass_inserter
+from torchao.core.config import AOBaseConfig
 from torchao.quantization.quant_primitives import (
     MappingType,
 )
+from torchao.quantization.transform_module import (
+    register_quantize_module_handler,
+)
 
 
-def intN_weight_only(group_size=32, n=8, symmetric=False):
+@dataclass
+class IntNWeightOnlyConfig(AOBaseConfig):
     """
-    Apply int N-bit weight only quantization to a linear layer.
+    Configuration for applying int N-bit weight only quantization to a linear layer.
     Args:
         `group_size`: parameter for quantization, controls the granularity of quantization, smaller size is more fine grained, choices are [512, 256, 128, 64, 32]
         `n`: number of bits to quantize to, choices are [8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2]
@@ -18,6 +23,25 @@ def intN_weight_only(group_size=32, n=8, symmetric=False):
         quantize_(model, intN_weight_only(n=your_bit_choice, group_size=group_size), optional_filter_func_for_desired_layers_to_quantize)
     """
 
+    group_size: int = 32
+    n: int = 8
+    symmetric: bool = False
+
+
+# for bc
+intN_weight_only = IntNWeightOnlyConfig
+
+
+@register_quantize_module_handler(IntNWeightOnlyConfig)
+def _intN_weight_only_transform(
+    module: torch.nn.Module,
+    config: IntNWeightOnlyConfig,
+) -> torch.nn.Module:
+    group_size = config.group_size
+    n = config.n
+    symmetric = config.symmetric
+    weight = module.weight
+
     # for asymmetric quantization
     def apply_intN_weight_only_quant_asym(weight):
         # avoid circular dependency
@@ -64,16 +88,19 @@ def apply_intN_weight_only_quant_sym(weight):
             zero_point_dtype=zero_point_dtype,
         )
 
-    try:
-        assert n in [8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2], "n must be one of [8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2]"
-        if n == 8:
-            return int8_weight_only()
-        elif n == 4:
-            return int4_weight_only(group_size=group_size)
+    assert n in [8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2], "n must be one of [8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2]"
+    if n == 8:
+        raise AssertionError(
+            "Someone needs to refactor this code to handle int8_weight_only again"
+        )
+    elif n == 4:
+        raise AssertionError(
+            "Someone needs to refactor this code to handle int4_weight_only again"
+        )
+    else:
+        if symmetric:
+            new_weight = apply_intN_weight_only_quant_sym(weight)
         else:
-            if symmetric:
-                return _get_linear_subclass_inserter(apply_intN_weight_only_quant_sym)
-            else:
-                return _get_linear_subclass_inserter(apply_intN_weight_only_quant_asym)
-    except Exception:
-        raise
+            new_weight = apply_intN_weight_only_quant_asym(weight)
+        module.weight = torch.nn.Parameter(new_weight, requires_grad=False)
+    return module