diff --git a/src/Apache.Arrow.Flight/Internal/SchemaWriter.cs b/src/Apache.Arrow.Flight/Internal/SchemaWriter.cs
index 8ca4cee..b4315a3 100644
--- a/src/Apache.Arrow.Flight/Internal/SchemaWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Apache.Arrow.Flight/Internal/SchemaWriter.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+using System;
 using Apache.Arrow.Flight;
 using Google.Protobuf;
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Apache.Arrow.Flight
 {
     internal static class SchemaWriter
     {
-        public static ByteString ToByteString(Schema schema)
+        public static ByteString ToByteString(this Schema schema)
         {
             return schema == null ?
                 ByteString.Empty :
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ public static ByteString ToByteString(Schema schema)
 public static class SchemaExtension
 {
     // This should never have been a public class without a namespace
-    // TODO: Mark as obsolete once sufficient time has passed
+    [Obsolete("Use ArrowSerializationHelpers.SerializeSchema instead")]
     public static ByteString ToByteString(this Apache.Arrow.Schema schema)
     {
         return SchemaWriter.ToByteString(schema);
diff --git a/src/Apache.Arrow/ArrowSerializationHelpers.cs b/src/Apache.Arrow/ArrowSerializationHelpers.cs
index 88cab52..4d6d81b 100644
--- a/src/Apache.Arrow/ArrowSerializationHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/Apache.Arrow/ArrowSerializationHelpers.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public static byte[] SerializeRecordBatch(RecordBatch recordBatch)
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// This class handles writing schemas
+        /// Helper useful when writing just individual parts of the Arrow IPC format.
         /// </summary>
         internal class SchemaWriter : ArrowStreamWriter
         {
diff --git a/test/Apache.Arrow.Flight.Sql.Tests/FlightSqlPreparedStatementTests.cs b/test/Apache.Arrow.Flight.Sql.Tests/FlightSqlPreparedStatementTests.cs
index 3e40293..2fc4a2e 100644
--- a/test/Apache.Arrow.Flight.Sql.Tests/FlightSqlPreparedStatementTests.cs
+++ b/test/Apache.Arrow.Flight.Sql.Tests/FlightSqlPreparedStatementTests.cs
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ public async Task ParseResponseAsync_ShouldReturnPreparedStatement_WhenValidData
             var actionResult = new ActionCreatePreparedStatementResult
             {
                 PreparedStatementHandle = ByteString.CopyFrom(preparedStatementHandle, Encoding.UTF8),
-                DatasetSchema = _schema.ToByteString(),
-                ParameterSchema = _schema.ToByteString()
+                DatasetSchema = UnsafeByteOperations.UnsafeWrap(ArrowSerializationHelpers.SerializeSchema(_schema)),
+                ParameterSchema = UnsafeByteOperations.UnsafeWrap(ArrowSerializationHelpers.SerializeSchema(_schema)),
             };
             var flightData = new FlightData(_flightDescriptor, ByteString.CopyFrom(actionResult.ToByteArray()));
             var results = GetAsyncEnumerable(new List<FlightData> { flightData });