diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/python/python_to_arrow.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/python/python_to_arrow.cc
index ab444f280f6..47d48d7a11c 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/python/python_to_arrow.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/python/python_to_arrow.cc
@@ -528,7 +528,6 @@ Status SerializeArray(PyObject* context, PyArrayObject* array, SequenceBuilder*
                       std::vector<PyObject*>* tensors_out) {
   int dtype = PyArray_TYPE(array);
   switch (dtype) {
-    case NPY_BOOL:
     case NPY_UINT8:
     case NPY_INT8:
     case NPY_UINT16:
diff --git a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_serialization.py b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_serialization.py
index 7e8060b71d4..460a11ba2f8 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_serialization.py
+++ b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_serialization.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def test_default_dict_serialization(large_memory_map):
 
 def test_numpy_serialization(large_memory_map):
     with pa.memory_map(large_memory_map, mode="r+") as mmap:
-        for t in ["int8", "uint8", "int16", "uint16", "int32", "uint32",
+        for t in ["bool", "int8", "uint8", "int16", "uint16", "int32", "uint32",
                   "float16", "float32", "float64"]:
             obj = np.random.randint(0, 10, size=(100, 100)).astype(t)
             serialization_roundtrip(obj, mmap)