diff --git a/distributed/shuffle/_worker_plugin.py b/distributed/shuffle/_worker_plugin.py
index 097aa2237e..c634867349 100644
--- a/distributed/shuffle/_worker_plugin.py
+++ b/distributed/shuffle/_worker_plugin.py
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ def split_by_worker(
     # bytestream such that it cannot be deserialized anymore
     t = pa.Table.from_pandas(df, preserve_index=True)
     t = t.sort_by("_worker")
-    codes = np.asarray(t.select(["_worker"]))[0]
+    codes = np.asarray(t["_worker"])
     t = t.drop(["_worker"])
     del df
 
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ def split_by_partition(t: pa.Table, column: str) -> dict[Any, pa.Table]:
     partitions.sort()
     t = t.sort_by(column)
 
-    partition = np.asarray(t.select([column]))[0]
+    partition = np.asarray(t[column])
     splits = np.where(partition[1:] != partition[:-1])[0] + 1
     splits = np.concatenate([[0], splits])