diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 812ffc2e8..fc6baf533 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -70,12 +70,6 @@ version = "0.2.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "683d7910e743518b0e34f1186f92494becacb047c7b6bf616c96772180fef923"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "always_send"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4b628c617100dc3b59649fd9092ca9105433b5289ad9b43a82a71e3b6e08d26d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "android-tzdata"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -4960,7 +4954,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "vortex-datafusion"
 version = "0.21.1"
 dependencies = [
- "always_send",
  "anyhow",
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-schema",
diff --git a/vortex-datafusion/Cargo.toml b/vortex-datafusion/Cargo.toml
index e31d97bd9..7347474a1 100644
--- a/vortex-datafusion/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vortex-datafusion/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ name = "vortex_datafusion"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-always_send = "0.1.1"
 arrow-array = { workspace = true }
 arrow-schema = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/vortex-layout/src/layouts/flat/mod.rs b/vortex-layout/src/layouts/flat/mod.rs
index 6b340a0d9..c5fe7b365 100644
--- a/vortex-layout/src/layouts/flat/mod.rs
+++ b/vortex-layout/src/layouts/flat/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 mod eval_expr;
-mod reader;
-// mod stats;
 mod eval_stats;
+mod reader;
 pub mod writer;
 
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
diff --git a/vortex-layout/src/layouts/flat/stats.rs b/vortex-layout/src/layouts/flat/stats.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ccedaafc..000000000
--- a/vortex-layout/src/layouts/flat/stats.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-use vortex_array::stats::{ArrayStatistics, Stat, StatsSet};
-use vortex_error::VortexResult;
-
-use crate::operations::{Operation, Poll};
-use crate::ready;
-use crate::scanner::EvalOp;
-use crate::segments::SegmentReader;
-
-pub struct FlatStatsOp {
-    // The scan operation for the current flat array.
-    scan: EvalOp,
-    requested_stats: Vec<Stat>,
-    result: Option<Vec<StatsSet>>,
-}
-
-impl Operation for FlatStatsOp {
-    type Output = Vec<StatsSet>;
-
-    fn poll(&mut self, segments: &dyn SegmentReader) -> VortexResult<Poll<Self::Output>> {
-        // If we have already computed the stats, return them
-        if let Some(stats_set) = &self.result {
-            return Ok(Poll::Some(stats_set.clone()));
-        }
-
-        // Otherwise, fetch scan the array and compute the stats.
-        let array = ready!(self.scan.poll(segments));
-        let stats_sets = vec![array.statistics().compute_all(&self.requested_stats)?];
-        self.result = Some(stats_sets.clone());
-        Ok(Poll::Some(stats_sets))
-    }
-}