diff --git a/vortex-array/src/arrays/list/compute/take.rs b/vortex-array/src/arrays/list/compute/take.rs
index 31dbc60a864..040400977e6 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/arrays/list/compute/take.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/arrays/list/compute/take.rs
@@ -2,31 +2,41 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright the Vortex contributors
 
 use vortex_buffer::BitBufferMut;
-use vortex_dtype::{IntegerPType, Nullability};
+use vortex_dtype::{IntegerPType, Nullability, match_each_integer_ptype};
 use vortex_error::{VortexExpect, VortexResult, vortex_panic};
 use vortex_mask::Mask;
 
-use crate::arrays::{ListArray, ListVTable, PrimitiveArray, list_view_from_list};
+use crate::arrays::{ListArray, ListVTable, PrimitiveArray};
 use crate::builders::{ArrayBuilder, PrimitiveBuilder};
-use crate::compute::{self, TakeKernel, TakeKernelAdapter};
+use crate::compute::{TakeKernel, TakeKernelAdapter, take};
 use crate::validity::Validity;
 use crate::vtable::ValidityHelper;
-use crate::{Array, ArrayRef, IntoArray, register_kernel};
+use crate::{Array, ArrayRef, ToCanonical, register_kernel};
+
+// TODO(connor)[ListView]: Re-revert to the version where we simply convert to a `ListView` and call
+// the `ListView::take` compute function once `ListView` is more stable.
 
-// TODO(connor): For very short arrays it is probably more efficient to build the list from scratch.
 /// Take implementation for [`ListArray`].
 ///
-/// This implementation converts the [`ListArray`] to a [`ListViewArray`] and then delegates to its
-/// `take` implementation. This approach avoids the need to rebuild the `elements` array.
-///
-/// The resulting [`ListViewArray`] can represent non-contiguous and out-of-order lists, which would
-/// violate [`ListArray`]'s invariants (but not [`ListViewArray`]'s).
-///
-/// [`ListViewArray`]: crate::arrays::ListViewArray
+/// Unlike `ListView`, `ListArray` must rebuild the elements array to maintain its invariant
+/// that lists are stored contiguously and in-order (`offset[i+1] >= offset[i]`). Taking
+/// non-contiguous indices would violate this requirement.
 impl TakeKernel for ListVTable {
     fn take(&self, array: &ListArray, indices: &dyn Array) -> VortexResult<ArrayRef> {
-        let list_view = list_view_from_list(array.clone());
-        compute::take(&list_view.into_array(), indices)
+        let indices = indices.to_primitive();
+        let offsets = array.offsets().to_primitive();
+
+        match_each_integer_ptype!(offsets.dtype().as_ptype(), |O| {
+            match_each_integer_ptype!(indices.ptype(), |I| {
+                _take::<I, O>(
+                    array,
+                    offsets.as_slice::<O>(),
+                    &indices,
+                    array.validity_mask(),
+                    indices.validity_mask(),
+                )
+            })
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -86,7 +96,7 @@ fn _take<I: IntegerPType, O: IntegerPType>(
     let elements_to_take = elements_to_take.finish();
     let new_offsets = new_offsets.finish();
 
-    let new_elements = compute::take(array.elements(), elements_to_take.as_ref())?;
+    let new_elements = take(array.elements(), elements_to_take.as_ref())?;
 
     Ok(ListArray::try_new(
         new_elements,
@@ -121,12 +131,13 @@ fn _take_nullable<I: IntegerPType, O: IntegerPType>(
     let mut current_offset = O::zero();
     new_offsets.append_zero();
 
-    let mut new_validity = BitBufferMut::with_capacity(indices.len());
+    // Set all bits to invalid and selectively set which values are valid.
+    let mut new_validity = BitBufferMut::new_unset(indices.len());
 
     for (idx, data_idx) in indices.iter().enumerate() {
         if !indices_validity.value(idx) {
             new_offsets.append_value(current_offset);
-            new_validity.append_false();
+            // Bit buffer already has this set to invalid.
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -134,34 +145,34 @@ fn _take_nullable<I: IntegerPType, O: IntegerPType>(
             .to_usize()
             .unwrap_or_else(|| vortex_panic!("Failed to convert index to usize: {}", data_idx));
 
-        if data_validity.value(data_idx) {
-            let start = offsets[data_idx];
-            let stop = offsets[data_idx + 1];
-
-            // See the note it the `take` on the reasoning
-            let additional = (stop - start).to_usize().unwrap_or_else(|| {
-                vortex_panic!("Failed to convert range length to usize: {}", stop - start)
-            });
-
-            elements_to_take.reserve_exact(additional);
-            for i in 0..additional {
-                elements_to_take
-                    .append_value(start + O::from_usize(i).vortex_expect("i < additional"));
-            }
-            current_offset += stop - start;
+        if !data_validity.value(data_idx) {
             new_offsets.append_value(current_offset);
-            new_validity.append_true()
-        } else {
-            new_offsets.append_value(current_offset);
-            new_validity.append_false();
+            // Bit buffer already has this set to invalid.
+            continue;
         }
+
+        let start = offsets[data_idx];
+        let stop = offsets[data_idx + 1];
+
+        // See the note it the `take` on the reasoning
+        let additional = (stop - start).to_usize().unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            vortex_panic!("Failed to convert range length to usize: {}", stop - start)
+        });
+
+        elements_to_take.reserve_exact(additional);
+        for i in 0..additional {
+            elements_to_take.append_value(start + O::from_usize(i).vortex_expect("i < additional"));
+        }
+        current_offset += stop - start;
+        new_offsets.append_value(current_offset);
+        new_validity.set(idx);
     }
 
     let elements_to_take = elements_to_take.finish();
     let new_offsets = new_offsets.finish();
-    let new_elements = compute::take(array.elements(), elements_to_take.as_ref())?;
+    let new_elements = take(array.elements(), elements_to_take.as_ref())?;
 
-    let new_validity: Validity = Validity::from(new_validity.freeze());
+    let new_validity = Validity::from(new_validity.freeze());
     // data are indexes are nullable, so the final result is also nullable.
 
     Ok(ListArray::try_new(new_elements, new_offsets, new_validity)?.to_array())