diff --git a/velox/dwio/common/ScanSpec.cpp b/velox/dwio/common/ScanSpec.cpp
index 100e9b79b0c69..005c6eaa47ae9 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/common/ScanSpec.cpp
+++ b/velox/dwio/common/ScanSpec.cpp
@@ -277,7 +277,15 @@ bool testFilter(
     const TypePtr& type) {
   bool mayHaveNull = true;
 
+  // Has-null statistics is often not set. Hence, we supplement it with
+  // number-of-values statistic to detect no-null columns more often.
+  // Number-of-values is the number of non-null values. When it is equal to
+  // total number of values, we know there are no nulls.
   if (stats->getNumberOfValues().has_value()) {
+    if (stats->getNumberOfValues().value() == 0) {
+      // Column is all null.
+      return filter->testNull();
+    }
     mayHaveNull = stats->getNumberOfValues().value() < totalRows;
   }
 
diff --git a/velox/dwio/parquet/reader/RepeatedColumnReader.cpp b/velox/dwio/parquet/reader/RepeatedColumnReader.cpp
index 7b33154da7f5c..c86af99eb9081 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/parquet/reader/RepeatedColumnReader.cpp
+++ b/velox/dwio/parquet/reader/RepeatedColumnReader.cpp
@@ -211,14 +211,6 @@ void MapColumnReader::read(
   elementReader_->seekTo(childTargetReadOffset_, false);
 }
 
-void MapColumnReader::filterRowGroups(
-    uint64_t rowGroupSize,
-    const dwio::common::StatsContext& context,
-    dwio::common::FormatData::FilterRowGroupsResult& result) const {
-  keyReader_->filterRowGroups(rowGroupSize, context, result);
-  elementReader_->filterRowGroups(rowGroupSize, context, result);
-}
-
 ListColumnReader::ListColumnReader(
     const TypePtr& requestedType,
     const std::shared_ptr<const dwio::common::TypeWithId>& fileType,
@@ -314,11 +306,4 @@ void ListColumnReader::read(
   child_->seekTo(childTargetReadOffset_, false);
 }
 
-void ListColumnReader::filterRowGroups(
-    uint64_t rowGroupSize,
-    const dwio::common::StatsContext& context,
-    dwio::common::FormatData::FilterRowGroupsResult& result) const {
-  child_->filterRowGroups(rowGroupSize, context, result);
-}
-
 } // namespace facebook::velox::parquet
diff --git a/velox/dwio/parquet/reader/RepeatedColumnReader.h b/velox/dwio/parquet/reader/RepeatedColumnReader.h
index 317b374b79eef..eaa4baa7d8651 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/parquet/reader/RepeatedColumnReader.h
+++ b/velox/dwio/parquet/reader/RepeatedColumnReader.h
@@ -97,11 +97,6 @@ class MapColumnReader : public dwio::common::SelectiveMapColumnReader {
   /// supplied before receiving new lengths.
   void skipUnreadLengths();
 
-  void filterRowGroups(
-      uint64_t rowGroupSize,
-      const dwio::common::StatsContext&,
-      dwio::common::FormatData::FilterRowGroupsResult&) const override;
-
  private:
   RepeatedLengths lengths_;
   RepeatedLengths keyLengths_;
@@ -153,11 +148,6 @@ class ListColumnReader : public dwio::common::SelectiveListColumnReader {
   /// supplied before receiving new lengths.
   void skipUnreadLengths();
 
-  void filterRowGroups(
-      uint64_t rowGroupSize,
-      const dwio::common::StatsContext&,
-      dwio::common::FormatData::FilterRowGroupsResult&) const override;
-
  private:
   RepeatedLengths lengths_;
   arrow::LevelInfo levelInfo_;