From a8480012259f8b63afe6e8412fc4255ec55f54ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raphael Taylor-Davies <r.taylordavies@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:08:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Stateless Row Format (#4811)

---
 arrow-row/src/variable.rs | 16 ++--------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arrow-row/src/variable.rs b/arrow-row/src/variable.rs
index e9f6160bf43c..4367cbe7ff52 100644
--- a/arrow-row/src/variable.rs
+++ b/arrow-row/src/variable.rs
@@ -224,20 +224,8 @@ pub fn decode_binary<I: OffsetSizeTrait>(
 pub unsafe fn decode_string<I: OffsetSizeTrait>(
     rows: &mut [&[u8]],
     options: SortOptions,
-    validate_utf8: bool,
+    _validate_utf8: bool,
 ) -> GenericStringArray<I> {
     let decoded = decode_binary::<I>(rows, options);
-
-    if validate_utf8 {
-        return GenericStringArray::from(decoded);
-    }
-
-    let builder = decoded
-        .into_data()
-        .into_builder()
-        .data_type(GenericStringArray::<I>::DATA_TYPE);
-
-    // SAFETY:
-    // Row data must have come from a valid UTF-8 array
-    GenericStringArray::from(builder.build_unchecked())
+    return GenericStringArray::from(decoded);
 }