diff --git a/arrow/src/datatypes/ffi.rs b/arrow/src/datatypes/ffi.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index b248758bc120..000000000000
--- a/arrow/src/datatypes/ffi.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-// distributed with this work for additional information
-// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-// specific language governing permissions and limitations
-// under the License.
diff --git a/arrow/src/datatypes/mod.rs b/arrow/src/datatypes/mod.rs
index 894e046e621f..d41289d52e2a 100644
--- a/arrow/src/datatypes/mod.rs
+++ b/arrow/src/datatypes/mod.rs
@@ -30,8 +30,3 @@ pub use arrow_schema::{
     DataType, Field, FieldRef, Fields, IntervalUnit, Schema, SchemaBuilder, SchemaRef, TimeUnit,
     UnionFields, UnionMode,
 };
-
-#[cfg(feature = "ffi")]
-mod ffi;
-#[cfg(feature = "ffi")]
-pub use ffi::*;