diff --git a/arrow-schema/src/fields.rs b/arrow-schema/src/fields.rs
index 70cb1968e9a..f90632455fd 100644
--- a/arrow-schema/src/fields.rs
+++ b/arrow-schema/src/fields.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ impl Fields {
     /// assert_eq!(fields.remove(1), Field::new("b", DataType::Int8, false).into());
     /// assert_eq!(fields.len(), 2);
     /// ```
+    #[deprecated(note = "Use SchemaBuilder::remove")]
+    #[doc(hidden)]
     pub fn remove(&mut self, index: usize) -> FieldRef {
         let mut builder = SchemaBuilder::from(Fields::from(&*self.0));
         let field = builder.remove(index);
diff --git a/arrow-schema/src/schema.rs b/arrow-schema/src/schema.rs
index 711e4cb3314..e547e5df3a5 100644
--- a/arrow-schema/src/schema.rs
+++ b/arrow-schema/src/schema.rs
@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ impl Schema {
     /// assert_eq!(schema.remove(1), Field::new("b", DataType::Int8, false).into());
     /// assert_eq!(schema.fields.len(), 2);
     /// ```
+    #[deprecated(note = "Use SchemaBuilder::remove")]
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    #[allow(deprecated)]
     pub fn remove(&mut self, index: usize) -> FieldRef {
         self.fields.remove(index)
     }