diff --git a/src/compute/aggregate/sum.rs b/src/compute/aggregate/sum.rs
index 2314aef95c2..dfae43c48a8 100644
--- a/src/compute/aggregate/sum.rs
+++ b/src/compute/aggregate/sum.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use crate::{
     array::{Array, PrimitiveArray},
     bitmap::Bitmap,
 };
+use num_traits::Zero;
 
 /// Object that can reduce itself to a number. This is used in the context of SIMD to reduce
 /// a MD (e.g. `[f32; 16]`) into a single number (`f32`).
@@ -40,22 +41,19 @@ fn split_by_alignment<U, T>(values: &[T]) -> (&[T], &[T]) {
 fn nonnull_sum<T>(values: &[T]) -> T
 where
     T: NativeType + Simd + Add<Output = T> + std::iter::Sum<T>,
-    T::Simd: Add<Output = T::Simd> + Sum<T>,
+    T::Simd: Add<Output = T::Simd> + Sum<T> + Copy,
 {
-    let (head, aligned_values) = split_by_alignment::<T::Simd, _>(values);
-
-    let mut chunks = aligned_values.chunks_exact(T::Simd::LANES);
-
     // Safety:
-    // we just made sure that we work on a slice af data aligned to T::Simd
-    let sum = chunks.by_ref().fold(T::Simd::default(), |acc, chunk| {
-        acc + unsafe { T::Simd::from_chunk_aligned_unchecked(chunk) }
-    });
+    // T::Simd is the vector type T and the alignment is similar to aligning to [T; alignment]
+    // the alignment of T::Simd ensures that it fits T.
+    let (head, simd_vals, tail) = unsafe { values.align_to::<T::Simd>() };
 
-    let remainder = T::Simd::from_incomplete_chunk(chunks.remainder(), T::default());
-    let reduced = sum + remainder;
+    let mut reduced = T::Simd::from_incomplete_chunk(&[], T::default());
+    for chunk in simd_vals {
+        reduced = reduced + *chunk
+    }
 
-    reduced.simd_sum() + head.iter().copied().sum()
+    reduced.simd_sum() + head.iter().copied().sum() + tail.iter().copied().sum()
 }
 
 /// # Panics
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@ where
 pub fn sum_primitive<T>(array: &PrimitiveArray<T>) -> Option<T>
 where
     T: NativeType + Simd + Add<Output = T> + std::iter::Sum<T>,
-    T::Simd: Add<Output = T::Simd> + Sum<T>,
+    T::Simd: Add<Output = T::Simd> + Sum<T> + Copy,
 {
     let null_count = array.null_count();
 
diff --git a/src/types/simd/mod.rs b/src/types/simd/mod.rs
index 41745dd81ba..a52c257d76a 100644
--- a/src/types/simd/mod.rs
+++ b/src/types/simd/mod.rs
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ pub trait NativeSimd: Default {
     /// * iff `v.len()` != `T::LANES`
     fn from_chunk(v: &[Self::Native]) -> Self;
 
-    /// Convert itself from a slice.
-    /// # Safety:
-    /// Caller must ensure:
-    /// * `v.len() == T::LANES`
-    /// * slice is aligned to `Self`
-    unsafe fn from_chunk_aligned_unchecked(v: &[Self::Native]) -> Self;
-
     /// creates a new Self from `v` by populating items from `v` up to its length.
     /// Items from `v` at positions larger than the number of lanes are ignored;
     /// remaining items are populated with `remaining`.
diff --git a/src/types/simd/native.rs b/src/types/simd/native.rs
index f2b55117d4a..7dd007bed74 100644
--- a/src/types/simd/native.rs
+++ b/src/types/simd/native.rs
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ macro_rules! simd {
                 ($name)(v.try_into().unwrap())
             }
 
-            #[inline]
-            unsafe fn from_chunk_aligned_unchecked(v: &[$type]) -> Self {
-                ($name)(v.try_into().unwrap())
-            }
-
             #[inline]
             fn from_incomplete_chunk(v: &[$type], remaining: $type) -> Self {
                 let mut a = [remaining; $lanes];
diff --git a/src/types/simd/packed.rs b/src/types/simd/packed.rs
index cb5096ca826..b8bb35d9806 100644
--- a/src/types/simd/packed.rs
+++ b/src/types/simd/packed.rs
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ macro_rules! simd {
                 <$name>::from_slice_unaligned(v)
             }
 
-            #[inline]
-            unsafe fn from_chunk_aligned_unchecked(v: &[$type]) -> Self {
-                <$name>::from_slice_aligned_unchecked(v)
-            }
-
             #[inline]
             fn from_incomplete_chunk(v: &[$type], remaining: $type) -> Self {
                 let mut a = [remaining; $lanes];