diff --git a/cmake/Modules/ArrowExternalProject.cmake b/cmake/Modules/ArrowExternalProject.cmake
index 625670f5f..d5b19c786 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/ArrowExternalProject.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/ArrowExternalProject.cmake
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 #  - PLASMA_SHARED_LIB
 
 set(arrow_URL https://github.com/apache/arrow.git)
-set(arrow_TAG 927bd34aaad875e82beca2584d5d777839fa8bb0)
+# The PR for this commit is https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/2522. We
+# include the link here to make it easier to find the right commit because
+# Arrow often rewrites git history and invalidates certain commits.
+set(arrow_TAG 7104d64ff2cd6c20e29d3cf4ec5c58bc10798f66)
 
 set(ARROW_INSTALL_PREFIX ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/external/arrow-install)
 set(ARROW_HOME ${ARROW_INSTALL_PREFIX})
@@ -53,11 +56,27 @@ set(ARROW_CMAKE_ARGS
   -DARROW_JEMALLOC=off
   -DARROW_WITH_BROTLI=off
   -DARROW_WITH_LZ4=off
-  -DARROW_WITH_ZLIB=off
   -DARROW_WITH_ZSTD=off
   -DFLATBUFFERS_HOME=${FLATBUFFERS_HOME}
   -DBOOST_ROOT=${BOOST_ROOT})
 
+if ("${CMAKE_RAY_LANG_PYTHON}" STREQUAL "YES")
+  # PyArrow needs following settings.
+  set(ARROW_CMAKE_ARGS ${ARROW_CMAKE_ARGS}
+    -DARROW_WITH_THRIFT=ON
+    -DARROW_PARQUET=ON
+    -DARROW_WITH_ZLIB=ON)
+else()
+  set(ARROW_CMAKE_ARGS ${ARROW_CMAKE_ARGS}
+    -DARROW_WITH_THRIFT=OFF
+    -DARROW_PARQUET=OFF
+    -DARROW_WITH_ZLIB=OFF)
+endif ()
+if (APPLE)
+  set(ARROW_CMAKE_ARGS ${ARROW_CMAKE_ARGS}
+    -DBISON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/local/opt/bison/bin/bison)
+endif()
+
 if ("${CMAKE_RAY_LANG_JAVA}" STREQUAL "YES")
   set(ARROW_CMAKE_ARGS ${ARROW_CMAKE_ARGS} -DARROW_PLASMA_JAVA_CLIENT=ON)
 endif ()
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/ParquetExternalProject.cmake b/cmake/Modules/ParquetExternalProject.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f5fdfe20..000000000
--- a/cmake/Modules/ParquetExternalProject.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# parquet external project
-# target:
-#  - parquet_ep
-# depends:
-#  - arrow_ep
-# defines:
-#  - PARQUET_HOME
-#  - PARQUET_INCLUDE_DIR
-#  - PARQUET_STATIC_LIB
-#  - PARQUET_SHARED_LIB
-
-include(ExternalProject)
-
-set(parquet_URL https://github.com/apache/parquet-cpp.git)
-set(parquet_TAG 63f41b00bddecb172bd5b3aa0366b4653f498811)
-
-# install parquet into arrow_home...
-set(PARQUET_INSTALL_PREFIX ${ARROW_HOME})
-set(PARQUET_HOME ${PARQUET_INSTALL_PREFIX})
-set(PARQUET_INCLUDE_DIR ${PARQUET_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include)
-set(PARQUET_STATIC_LIB ${PARQUET_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}parquet.a)
-set(PARQUET_SHARED_LIB ${PARQUET_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}parquet${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
-
-set(parquet_CMAKE_ARGS
-  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release
-  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PARQUET_INSTALL_PREFIX}
-  -DARROW_HOME=${ARROW_HOME}
-  -DBOOST_ROOT=${BOOST_ROOT}
-  -DPARQUET_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=off
-  -DPARQUET_BUILD_EXECUTABLES=off
-  -DPARQUET_BUILD_TESTS=off)
-
-set(parquet_ENV "")
-if (APPLE)
-  set(parquet_ENV "PATH=/usr/local/opt/bison/bin:$ENV{PATH}"
-    "OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/opt/openssl")
-endif ()
-
-ExternalProject_Add(parquet_ep
-  PREFIX external/parquet
-  DEPENDS arrow_ep
-  GIT_REPOSITORY ${parquet_URL}
-  GIT_TAG ${parquet_TAG}
-  BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env ${parquet_ENV} $(MAKE)
-  CMAKE_ARGS ${parquet_CMAKE_ARGS})
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake b/cmake/Modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
index 11d7428ae..bb58b61b1 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
@@ -150,19 +150,6 @@ ADD_THIRDPARTY_LIB(plasma STATIC_LIB ${PLASMA_STATIC_LIB})
 add_dependencies(plasma plasma_ep)
 
 if ("${CMAKE_RAY_LANG_PYTHON}" STREQUAL "YES")
-  # Apache parquet cpp
-  include(ParquetExternalProject)
-
-  message(STATUS "Parquet home: ${PARQUET_HOME}")
-  message(STATUS "Parquet include dir: ${PARQUET_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-  message(STATUS "Parquet static library: ${PARQUET_STATIC_LIB}")
-  message(STATUS "Parquet shared library: ${PARQUET_SHARED_LIB}")
-  include_directories(SYSTEM ${PARQUET_INCLUDE_DIR})
-
-  ADD_THIRDPARTY_LIB(parquet STATIC_LIB ${PARQUET_STATIC_LIB})
-
-  add_dependencies(parquet parquet_ep)
-
   # pyarrow
   find_package(PythonInterp REQUIRED)
   message(STATUS "PYTHON_EXECUTABLE for pyarrow: ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}")
@@ -185,7 +172,7 @@ if ("${CMAKE_RAY_LANG_PYTHON}" STREQUAL "YES")
   # add_custom_command would have problem with setup.py
   ExternalProject_Add(pyarrow_ext
     PREFIX external/pyarrow
-    DEPENDS parquet_ep
+    DEPENDS arrow_ep
     DOWNLOAD_COMMAND ""
     BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND cd ${ARROW_SOURCE_DIR}/python && ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env ${pyarrow_ENV} ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} setup.py build
diff --git a/thirdparty/scripts/build_parquet.sh b/thirdparty/scripts/build_parquet.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8dc718a6b..000000000
--- a/thirdparty/scripts/build_parquet.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -x
-
-# Cause the script to exit if a single command fails.
-set -e
-
-unamestr="$(uname)"
-TP_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE:-$0}")"; pwd)/../
-PARQUET_HOME=$TP_DIR/pkg/arrow/cpp/build/cpp-install
-OPENSSL_DIR=/usr/local/opt/openssl
-BISON_DIR=/usr/local/opt/bison/bin
-TARGET_COMMIT_ID=63f41b00bddecb172bd5b3aa0366b4653f498811
-
-build_parquet() {
-  echo "Building Parquet"
-  if [ "$unamestr" == "Darwin" ]; then
-    OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=$OPENSSL_DIR \
-    PATH="$BISON_DIR:$PATH" \
-    BOOST_ROOT=$TP_DIR/pkg/boost \
-    ARROW_HOME=$TP_DIR/pkg/arrow/cpp/build/cpp-install \
-    cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-          -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PARQUET_HOME \
-          -DPARQUET_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=off \
-          -DPARQUET_BUILD_EXECUTABLES=off \
-          -DPARQUET_BUILD_TESTS=off \
-          .
-
-    OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=$OPENSSL_DIR \
-    PATH="$BISON_DIR:$PATH" \
-    make -j4
-
-    OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=$OPENSSL_DIR \
-    PATH="$BISON_DIR:$PATH" \
-    make install
-  else
-    BOOST_ROOT=$TP_DIR/pkg/boost \
-    ARROW_HOME=$TP_DIR/pkg/arrow/cpp/build/cpp-install \
-    cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-          -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PARQUET_HOME \
-          -DPARQUET_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=off \
-          -DPARQUET_BUILD_EXECUTABLES=off \
-          -DPARQUET_BUILD_TESTS=off \
-          .
-
-    PARQUET_HOME=$TP_DIR/pkg/arrow/cpp/build/cpp-install \
-    BOOST_ROOT=$TP_DIR/pkg/boost \
-    make -j4
-    make install
-  fi
-}
-
-if [ ! -d $TP_DIR/build/parquet-cpp/.git ]; then
-  if [[ -d $TP_DIR/build/parquet-cpp ]]; then
-      rm -rf $TP_DIR/build/parquet-cpp
-  fi
-  git clone -q https://github.com/apache/parquet-cpp.git "$TP_DIR/build/parquet-cpp"
-  pushd $TP_DIR/build/parquet-cpp
-  git fetch origin master
-  git checkout $TARGET_COMMIT_ID
-
-  build_parquet
-  popd
-else
-  pushd $TP_DIR/build/parquet-cpp
-  if [[ "$TARGET_COMMIT_ID" != `git rev-parse HEAD` ]]; then
-    # TARGET_COMMIT_ID may change to later commit.
-    echo "Commit ID mismatches."
-    git fetch origin master
-    git checkout $TARGET_COMMIT_ID
-    build_parquet
-  fi
-
-  popd
-fi
diff --git a/thirdparty/scripts/setup.sh b/thirdparty/scripts/setup.sh
index 417ba2609..27f1ef0e3 100755
--- a/thirdparty/scripts/setup.sh
+++ b/thirdparty/scripts/setup.sh
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ bash "$TP_SCRIPT_DIR/build_credis.sh"
 #RAY_BUILD_JAVA=$RAY_BUILD_JAVA \
 #bash "$TP_SCRIPT_DIR/build_arrow.sh" $PYTHON_EXECUTABLE
 
-##############################################
-# parquet (skipped as it is inlined in build_arrow.sh)
-##############################################
-# bash "$TP_SCRIPT_DIR/build_parquet.sh"
-
 ##############################################
 # catapult
 ##############################################