diff --git a/daft/series.py b/daft/series.py
index a450367a8e..c4c6b78de6 100644
--- a/daft/series.py
+++ b/daft/series.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import sys
 from typing import TypeVar
 
 import pyarrow as pa
@@ -491,41 +490,8 @@ def image(self) -> SeriesImageNamespace:
     def __reduce__(self) -> tuple:
         if self.datatype()._is_python_type():
             return (Series.from_pylist, (self.to_pylist(), self.name(), "force"))
-        elif sys.platform == "win32":
-            return (Series.from_arrow, (self.to_arrow(), self.name()))
-        else:
-            # Ray Special CloudPickling fast path.
-            # Only run for Linux and Mac, since windows runs slower for some reason
-            return (
-                Series._from_arrow_table_to_series,
-                self._to_arrow_table_for_serdes(),
-            )
-
-    def _to_arrow_table_for_serdes(self) -> tuple[pa.Table, pa.ExtensionType | None]:
-        array = self.to_arrow()
-        if len(array) == 0:
-            # This is a workaround for:
-            # pyarrow.lib.ArrowIndexError: buffer slice would exceed buffer length
-            # when we have 0 length arrays
-            array = pa.array([], type=array.type)
-
-        if isinstance(array.type, pa.BaseExtensionType):
-            stype = array.type.storage_type
-            ltype = array.type
-            storage_array = array.cast(stype)
-            return (pa.table({self.name(): storage_array}), ltype)
         else:
-            return (pa.table({self.name(): array}), None)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _from_arrow_table_to_series(cls, table: pa.Table, extension_type: pa.ExtensionType | None) -> Series:
-        # So we can exploit ray's special pickling for arrow tables which doesn't work on pyarrow arrays
-        assert table.num_columns == 1
-        [name] = table.column_names
-        [array] = table.columns
-        if extension_type is not None:
-            array = extension_type.wrap_array(array)
-        return cls.from_arrow(array, name)
+            return (Series.from_arrow, (self.to_arrow(), self.name()))
 
     def _debug_bincode_serialize(self) -> bytes:
         return self._series._debug_bincode_serialize()