diff --git a/src/io/parquet/write/binary/nested.rs b/src/io/parquet/write/binary/nested.rs
index fd2fad7cf74..28cdde53d7f 100644
--- a/src/io/parquet/write/binary/nested.rs
+++ b/src/io/parquet/write/binary/nested.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ where
     let (repetition_levels_byte_length, definition_levels_byte_length) =
         nested::write_rep_and_def(options.version, &nested, &mut buffer)?;
 
-    let array = array.slice(start, len);
     encode_plain(&array, is_optional, &mut buffer);
 
     let statistics = if options.write_statistics {