diff --git a/src/indexes/intervals.rs b/src/indexes/intervals.rs
index 1506dac99..ce235db03 100644
--- a/src/indexes/intervals.rs
+++ b/src/indexes/intervals.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ use parquet_format_async_temp::PageLocation;
 
 use crate::error::ParquetError;
 
-use super::index::PageIndex;
-
 /// An interval
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
 pub struct Interval {
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@ impl Interval {
 }
 
 /// Returns the set of (row) intervals of the pages.
-fn compute_row_page_intervals(
+fn compute_page_row_intervals(
     locations: &[PageLocation],
     num_rows: u64,
 ) -> Result<Vec<Interval>, ParquetError> {
@@ -49,25 +47,25 @@ fn compute_row_page_intervals(
 
 /// Returns the set of intervals `(start, len)` containing all the
 /// selected rows (for a given column)
-pub fn compute_rows<'a, T>(
-    index: &'a [PageIndex<T>],
+pub fn compute_rows(
+    selected: &[bool],
     locations: &[PageLocation],
     num_rows: u64,
-    selector: &dyn Fn(&'a PageIndex<T>) -> bool,
 ) -> Result<Vec<Interval>, ParquetError> {
-    let page_intervals = compute_row_page_intervals(locations, num_rows)?;
+    let page_intervals = compute_page_row_intervals(locations, num_rows)?;
 
-    Ok(index
+    Ok(selected
         .iter()
         .zip(page_intervals.iter().copied())
-        .filter_map(|(index, page)| {
-            let is_selected = selector(index);
-            if is_selected {
-                Some(page)
-            } else {
-                None
-            }
-        })
+        .filter_map(
+            |(&is_selected, page)| {
+                if is_selected {
+                    Some(page)
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            },
+        )
         .collect())
 }
 
@@ -121,7 +119,7 @@ pub fn select_pages(
     locations: &[PageLocation],
     num_rows: u64,
 ) -> Result<Vec<FilteredPage>, ParquetError> {
-    let page_intervals = compute_row_page_intervals(locations, num_rows)?;
+    let page_intervals = compute_page_row_intervals(locations, num_rows)?;
 
     page_intervals
         .into_iter()
diff --git a/src/indexes/mod.rs b/src/indexes/mod.rs
index 6af524587..e0b80dcdf 100644
--- a/src/indexes/mod.rs
+++ b/src/indexes/mod.rs
@@ -15,15 +15,6 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_basic() {
-        let index = NativeIndex {
-            primitive_type: PrimitiveType::from_physical("c1".to_string(), PhysicalType::Int32),
-            indexes: vec![PageIndex {
-                min: Some(0i32),
-                max: Some(10),
-                null_count: Some(0),
-            }],
-            boundary_order: Default::default(),
-        };
         let locations = &[PageLocation {
             offset: 100,
             compressed_page_size: 10,
@@ -31,9 +22,7 @@ mod tests {
         }];
         let num_rows = 10;
 
-        let selector = |_| true;
-
-        let row_intervals = compute_rows(&index.indexes, locations, num_rows, &selector).unwrap();
+        let row_intervals = compute_rows(&[true; 1], locations, num_rows).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(row_intervals, vec![Interval::new(0, 10)])
     }
 
@@ -77,8 +66,9 @@ mod tests {
                 .map(|x| x.as_slice() > &[97])
                 .unwrap_or(false) // no max is present => all nulls => not selected
         };
+        let selected = index.indexes.iter().map(selector).collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
-        let rows = compute_rows(&index.indexes, locations, num_rows, &selector).unwrap();
+        let rows = compute_rows(&selected, locations, num_rows).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(rows, vec![Interval::new(5, 5)]);
 
         let pages = select_pages(&rows, locations, num_rows).unwrap();
diff --git a/src/read/mod.rs b/src/read/mod.rs
index d1235a34f..44ff10a19 100644
--- a/src/read/mod.rs
+++ b/src/read/mod.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ pub use page::{IndexedPageReader, PageFilter, PageReader};
 pub use stream::read_metadata as read_metadata_async;
 
 use crate::error::ParquetError;
-use crate::indexes::FilteredPage;
 use crate::metadata::{ColumnChunkMetaData, RowGroupMetaData};
 use crate::page::CompressedDataPage;
 use crate::schema::types::ParquetType;
@@ -65,25 +64,6 @@ pub fn get_page_iterator<R: Read + Seek>(
     ))
 }
 
-/// Returns a new [`IndexedPageReader`] by seeking `reader` to the begining of `column_chunk`.
-pub fn get_indexed_page_reader<R: Read + Seek>(
-    column_chunk: &ColumnChunkMetaData,
-    reader: R,
-    pages: Vec<FilteredPage>,
-    buffer: Vec<u8>,
-    data_buffer: Vec<u8>,
-) -> Result<IndexedPageReader<R>> {
-    Ok(IndexedPageReader::new(
-        reader,
-        column_chunk.compression(),
-        column_chunk.descriptor().descriptor.clone(),
-        column_chunk.byte_range().0,
-        pages,
-        buffer,
-        data_buffer,
-    ))
-}
-
 /// Returns an [`Iterator`] of [`ColumnChunkMetaData`] corresponding to the columns
 /// from `field` at `row_group`.
 /// For primitive fields (e.g. `i64`), the iterator has exactly one item.
diff --git a/src/read/page/indexed_reader.rs b/src/read/page/indexed_reader.rs
index 11997d6e3..03151a84f 100644
--- a/src/read/page/indexed_reader.rs
+++ b/src/read/page/indexed_reader.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::{
 use crate::{
     error::ParquetError,
     indexes::FilteredPage,
-    metadata::Descriptor,
+    metadata::{ColumnChunkMetaData, Descriptor},
     page::{CompressedDataPage, DictPage, ParquetPageHeader},
     parquet_bridge::Compression,
 };
@@ -102,15 +102,15 @@ fn read_dict_page<R: Read + Seek>(
 }
 
 impl<R: Read + Seek> IndexedPageReader<R> {
+    /// Returns a new [`IndexedPageReader`].
     pub fn new(
         reader: R,
-        compression: Compression,
-        descriptor: Descriptor,
-        column_start: u64,
+        column: &ColumnChunkMetaData,
         pages: Vec<FilteredPage>,
         buffer: Vec<u8>,
         data_buffer: Vec<u8>,
     ) -> Self {
+        let column_start = column.byte_range().0;
         // a dictionary page exists iff the first data page is not at the start of
         // the column
         let dictionary = match pages.get(0) {
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ impl<R: Read + Seek> IndexedPageReader<R> {
         let pages = pages.into_iter().collect();
         Self {
             reader,
-            compression,
-            descriptor,
+            compression: column.compression(),
+            descriptor: column.descriptor().descriptor.clone(),
             buffer,
             data_buffer,
             pages,