diff --git a/crates/polars-mem-engine/src/planner/lp.rs b/crates/polars-mem-engine/src/planner/lp.rs
index 626276f886e48..baf41101a369b 100644
--- a/crates/polars-mem-engine/src/planner/lp.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-mem-engine/src/planner/lp.rs
@@ -158,16 +158,30 @@ fn create_physical_plan_impl(
     let logical_plan = lp_arena.take(root);
     match logical_plan {
         #[cfg(feature = "python")]
-        PythonScan { options } => {
+        PythonScan { mut options } => {
             let predicate = if let PythonPredicate::Polars(e) = &options.predicate {
-                let mut state = ExpressionConversionState::new(true, state.expr_depth);
-                Some(create_physical_expr(
-                    e,
-                    Context::Default,
-                    expr_arena,
-                    Some(&options.schema),
-                    &mut state,
-                )?)
+                // Convert to a pyarrow eval string.
+                if options.is_pyarrow {
+                    if let Some(eval_str) =
+                        pyarrow::predicate_to_pa(e.node(), expr_arena, Default::default())
+                    {
+                        options.predicate = PythonPredicate::PyArrow(eval_str)
+                    }
+
+                    // We don't have to use a physical expression as pyarrow deals with the filter.
+                    None
+                }
+                // Convert to physical expression for the case the reader cannot consume the predicate.
+                else {
+                    let mut state = ExpressionConversionState::new(true, state.expr_depth);
+                    Some(create_physical_expr(
+                        e,
+                        Context::Default,
+                        expr_arena,
+                        Some(&options.schema),
+                        &mut state,
+                    )?)
+                }
             } else {
                 None
             };
diff --git a/crates/polars-plan/src/plans/mod.rs b/crates/polars-plan/src/plans/mod.rs
index 4f0ec8cafafb8..f470e9177d90c 100644
--- a/crates/polars-plan/src/plans/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-plan/src/plans/mod.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ mod lit;
 pub(crate) mod optimizer;
 pub(crate) mod options;
 #[cfg(feature = "python")]
-mod pyarrow;
+pub mod pyarrow;
 mod schema;
 pub mod visitor;
 
diff --git a/crates/polars-plan/src/plans/optimizer/predicate_pushdown/mod.rs b/crates/polars-plan/src/plans/optimizer/predicate_pushdown/mod.rs
index e33af7279567e..b410954fe551f 100644
--- a/crates/polars-plan/src/plans/optimizer/predicate_pushdown/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-plan/src/plans/optimizer/predicate_pushdown/mod.rs
@@ -659,54 +659,21 @@ impl<'a> PredicatePushDown<'a> {
             #[cfg(feature = "python")]
             PythonScan { mut options } => {
                 let predicate = predicate_at_scan(acc_predicates, None, expr_arena);
-
-                if options.is_pyarrow {
-                    if let Some(predicate) = predicate {
-                        // Simplify expressions before we translate them to pyarrow
-                        options.predicate = PythonPredicate::Polars(predicate);
-                        let lp = PythonScan {
-                            options: options.clone(),
-                        };
-                        let lp_top = lp_arena.add(lp);
-                        let stack_opt = StackOptimizer {};
-                        let lp_top = stack_opt
-                            .optimize_loop(
-                                &mut [Box::new(SimplifyExprRule {})],
-                                expr_arena,
-                                lp_arena,
-                                lp_top,
-                            )
-                            .unwrap();
-                        let PythonScan { mut options } = lp_arena.take(lp_top) else {
-                            unreachable!()
-                        };
-                        let PythonPredicate::Polars(predicate) = &options.predicate else {
-                            unreachable!()
-                        };
-
-                        match super::super::pyarrow::predicate_to_pa(
-                            predicate.node(),
+                if let Some(predicate) = predicate {
+                    // Only accept streamable expressions as we want to apply the predicates to the batches.
+                    if !is_streamable(predicate.node(), expr_arena, Context::Default) {
+                        let lp = PythonScan { options };
+                        return Ok(self.optional_apply_predicate(
+                            lp,
+                            vec![predicate],
+                            lp_arena,
                             expr_arena,
-                            Default::default(),
-                        ) {
-                            // We were able to create a pyarrow string, mutate the options.
-                            Some(eval_str) => {
-                                options.predicate = PythonPredicate::PyArrow(eval_str)
-                            },
-                            // We were not able to translate the predicate apply on the rust side in the scan.
-                            None => {
-                                let lp = PythonScan { options };
-                                return Ok(lp);
-                            },
-                        }
+                        ));
                     }
-                    Ok(PythonScan { options })
-                } else {
-                    if let Some(predicate) = predicate {
-                        options.predicate = PythonPredicate::Polars(predicate);
-                    }
-                    Ok(PythonScan { options })
+
+                    options.predicate = PythonPredicate::Polars(predicate);
                 }
+                Ok(PythonScan { options })
             },
             Invalid => unreachable!(),
         }
diff --git a/crates/polars-plan/src/plans/pyarrow.rs b/crates/polars-plan/src/plans/pyarrow.rs
index 019f8d074b394..abf2c8e34a7ff 100644
--- a/crates/polars-plan/src/plans/pyarrow.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-plan/src/plans/pyarrow.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use polars_core::prelude::{TimeUnit, TimeZone};
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
 #[derive(Default, Copy, Clone)]
-pub(super) struct Args {
+pub struct PyarrowArgs {
     // pyarrow doesn't allow `filter([True, False])`
     // but does allow `filter(field("a").isin([True, False]))`
     allow_literal_series: bool,
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ fn to_py_datetime(v: i64, tu: &TimeUnit, tz: Option<&TimeZone>) -> String {
 }
 
 // convert to a pyarrow expression that can be evaluated with pythons eval
-pub(super) fn predicate_to_pa(
+pub fn predicate_to_pa(
     predicate: Node,
     expr_arena: &Arena<AExpr>,
-    args: Args,
+    args: PyarrowArgs,
 ) -> Option<String> {
     match expr_arena.get(predicate) {
         AExpr::BinaryExpr { left, right, op } => {