diff --git a/parquet/benches/arrow_reader_clickbench.rs b/parquet/benches/arrow_reader_clickbench.rs
index 8635a5955715..5a6fb36d5800 100644
--- a/parquet/benches/arrow_reader_clickbench.rs
+++ b/parquet/benches/arrow_reader_clickbench.rs
@@ -638,66 +638,6 @@ fn find_file_if_exists(mut current_dir: PathBuf, file_name: &str) -> Option<Path
     None
 }
 
-/// Represents a mapping from each column selected in the `ProjectionMask`
-/// created from `filter_columns`, to the corresponding index in the list of
-/// `filter_columns`?
-///
-/// # Example
-///
-/// If:
-/// * the file schema has columns `[A, B, C]`
-/// * `filter_columns` is `[C, A]`
-/// * ==> `ProjectionMask` will be `[true, false, true]` = `[A, C]`
-///
-/// `FilterIndices` will be `[1, 0]`, because column `C` (index 0 in
-/// filter_columns) is selected at index 1 of the `ProjectionMask` and column
-/// `A` (index 1 in `filter_columns`) is selected at index 0 of the
-/// `ProjectionMask`.
-struct FilterIndices {
-    /// * index is offset in Query::filter_columns
-    /// * value is offset in column selected by filter ProjectionMask
-    inner: Vec<usize>,
-}
-
-impl FilterIndices {
-    /// Create a new `FilterIndices` from a list of column indices
-    ///
-    /// Parameters:
-    /// * `schema_descriptor`: The schema of the file
-    /// * `filter_schema_indices`: a list of column indices in the schema
-    fn new(schema_descriptor: &SchemaDescriptor, filter_schema_indices: Vec<usize>) -> Self {
-        for &filter_index in &filter_schema_indices {
-            assert!(filter_index < schema_descriptor.num_columns());
-        }
-        // When the columns are selected using a ProjectionMask, they are
-        // returned in the order of the schema (not the order they were specified)
-        //
-        // So if the original schema indices are 5, 1, 3 (select the sixth and
-        // second and fourth column),  the RecordBatch returned will select them
-        // in order 1, 3, 5,
-        //
-        // Thus we need a map to convert back to the original selection order
-        // `[1, 2, 0]`
-        let mut reordered: Vec<_> = filter_schema_indices.iter().enumerate().collect();
-        reordered.sort_by_key(|(_projection_idx, original_schema_idx)| **original_schema_idx);
-        let mut inner = vec![0; reordered.len()];
-        for (output_idx, (projection_idx, _original_schema_idx)) in
-            reordered.into_iter().enumerate()
-        {
-            inner[projection_idx] = output_idx;
-        }
-        Self { inner }
-    }
-
-    /// Given the index of a column in `filter_columns`, return the index of the
-    /// column in the columns selected from `ProjectionMask`
-    fn map_column(&self, filter_columns_index: usize) -> usize {
-        // The selection index is the index in the filter mask
-        // The inner index is the index in the filter columns
-        self.inner[filter_columns_index]
-    }
-}
-
 /// Encapsulates the test parameters for a single benchmark
 struct ReadTest {
     /// Human identifiable name
@@ -706,10 +646,8 @@ struct ReadTest {
     arrow_reader_metadata: ArrowReaderMetadata,
     /// Which columns in the file should be projected (decoded after filter)?
     projection_mask: ProjectionMask,
-    /// Which columns in the file should be passed to the filter?
-    filter_mask: ProjectionMask,
-    /// Mapping from column selected in filter mask to `Query::filter_columns`
-    filter_indices: FilterIndices,
+    /// Schema indices for each filter column (in filter_columns order)
+    filter_schema_indices: Vec<usize>,
     /// Predicates to apply
     predicates: Vec<ClickBenchPredicate>,
     /// How many rows are expected to pass the predicate?
@@ -744,16 +682,12 @@ impl ReadTest {
         };
 
         let filter_schema_indices = column_indices(schema_descr, &filter_columns);
-        let filter_mask =
-            ProjectionMask::leaves(schema_descr, filter_schema_indices.iter().cloned());
-        let filter_indices = FilterIndices::new(schema_descr, filter_schema_indices);
 
         Self {
             name,
             arrow_reader_metadata,
             projection_mask,
-            filter_mask,
-            filter_indices,
+            filter_schema_indices,
             predicates,
             expected_row_count,
         }
@@ -851,25 +785,26 @@ impl ReadTest {
 
     /// Return a `RowFilter` to apply to the reader.
     ///
-    /// Note that since `RowFilter` does not implement Clone, we need to create
-    /// the filter for each row
+    /// Each predicate gets a ProjectionMask containing only the single column
+    /// it needs, rather than all filter columns. This avoids decoding expensive
+    /// columns (e.g. strings) when evaluating cheap predicates (e.g. integer equality).
     fn row_filter(&self) -> RowFilter {
-        // Note: The predicates are in terms columns in the filter mask
-        // but the record batch passed back has columns in the order of the file
-        // schema
+        let schema_descr = self
+            .arrow_reader_metadata
+            .metadata()
+            .file_metadata()
+            .schema_descr();
 
-        // Convert the predicates to ArrowPredicateFn to conform to the RowFilter API
         let arrow_predicates: Vec<_> = self
             .predicates
             .iter()
             .map(|pred| {
-                let orig_column_index = pred.column_index();
-                let column_index = self.filter_indices.map_column(orig_column_index);
+                let schema_index = self.filter_schema_indices[pred.column_index()];
+                let predicate_mask = ProjectionMask::leaves(schema_descr, [schema_index]);
                 let mut predicate_fn = pred.predicate_fn();
-                Box::new(ArrowPredicateFn::new(
-                    self.filter_mask.clone(),
-                    move |batch| (predicate_fn)(batch.column(column_index)),
-                )) as Box<dyn ArrowPredicate>
+                Box::new(ArrowPredicateFn::new(predicate_mask, move |batch| {
+                    (predicate_fn)(batch.column(0))
+                })) as Box<dyn ArrowPredicate>
             })
             .collect();