diff --git a/crates/polars-parquet/src/parquet/page/mod.rs b/crates/polars-parquet/src/parquet/page/mod.rs
index eb4dc4b5955d..400bdfc4a0f7 100644
--- a/crates/polars-parquet/src/parquet/page/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-parquet/src/parquet/page/mod.rs
@@ -269,13 +269,6 @@ pub enum CompressedPage {
 }
 
 impl CompressedPage {
-    pub(crate) fn buffer(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        match self {
-            CompressedPage::Data(page) => &page.buffer,
-            CompressedPage::Dict(page) => &page.buffer,
-        }
-    }
-
     pub(crate) fn buffer_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Vec<u8> {
         match self {
             CompressedPage::Data(page) => page.buffer.to_mut(),
@@ -303,13 +296,6 @@ impl CompressedPage {
             CompressedPage::Dict(_) => Some(0),
         }
     }
-
-    pub(crate) fn uncompressed_size(&self) -> usize {
-        match self {
-            CompressedPage::Data(page) => page.uncompressed_page_size,
-            CompressedPage::Dict(page) => page.uncompressed_page_size,
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 /// An uncompressed, encoded dictionary page.
diff --git a/crates/polars-parquet/src/parquet/read/compression.rs b/crates/polars-parquet/src/parquet/read/compression.rs
index a3d2db312ada..a79989c39e26 100644
--- a/crates/polars-parquet/src/parquet/read/compression.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-parquet/src/parquet/read/compression.rs
@@ -54,75 +54,72 @@ fn decompress_v2(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// decompresses a [`CompressedDataPage`] into `buffer`.
-/// If the page is un-compressed, `buffer` is swapped instead.
-/// Returns whether the page was decompressed.
-pub fn decompress_buffer(
-    compressed_page: &mut CompressedPage,
-    buffer: &mut Vec<u8>,
-) -> ParquetResult<bool> {
-    if compressed_page.compression() != Compression::Uncompressed {
-        // prepare the compression buffer
-        let read_size = compressed_page.uncompressed_size();
-
-        if read_size > buffer.capacity() {
-            // dealloc and ignore region, replacing it by a new region.
-            // This won't reallocate - it frees and calls `alloc_zeroed`
-            *buffer = vec![0; read_size];
-        } else if read_size > buffer.len() {
-            // fill what we need with zeros so that we can use them in `Read`.
-            // This won't reallocate
-            buffer.resize(read_size, 0);
-        } else {
-            buffer.truncate(read_size);
-        }
-        match compressed_page {
-            CompressedPage::Data(compressed_page) => match compressed_page.header() {
-                DataPageHeader::V1(_) => {
-                    decompress_v1(&compressed_page.buffer, compressed_page.compression, buffer)?
-                },
-                DataPageHeader::V2(header) => decompress_v2(
-                    &compressed_page.buffer,
-                    header,
-                    compressed_page.compression,
-                    buffer,
-                )?,
-            },
-            CompressedPage::Dict(page) => decompress_v1(&page.buffer, page.compression(), buffer)?,
-        }
-        Ok(true)
-    } else {
-        // page.buffer is already decompressed => swap it with `buffer`, making `page.buffer` the
-        // decompression buffer and `buffer` the decompressed buffer
-        std::mem::swap(&mut compressed_page.buffer().to_vec(), buffer);
-        Ok(false)
-    }
-}
-
-fn create_page(compressed_page: CompressedPage, buffer: Vec<u8>) -> Page {
-    match compressed_page {
-        CompressedPage::Data(page) => Page::Data(DataPage::new_read(
+/// Decompresses the page, using `buffer` for decompression.
+/// If `page.buffer.len() == 0`, there was no decompression and the buffer was moved.
+/// Else, decompression took place.
+pub fn decompress(compressed_page: CompressedPage, buffer: &mut Vec<u8>) -> ParquetResult<Page> {
+    Ok(match (compressed_page.compression(), compressed_page) {
+        (Compression::Uncompressed, CompressedPage::Data(page)) => Page::Data(DataPage::new_read(
             page.header,
-            CowBuffer::Owned(buffer),
+            page.buffer,
             page.descriptor,
         )),
-        CompressedPage::Dict(page) => Page::Dict(DictPage {
-            buffer: CowBuffer::Owned(buffer),
+        (_, CompressedPage::Data(page)) => {
+            // prepare the compression buffer
+            let read_size = page.uncompressed_size();
+
+            if read_size > buffer.capacity() {
+                // dealloc and ignore region, replacing it by a new region.
+                // This won't reallocate - it frees and calls `alloc_zeroed`
+                *buffer = vec![0; read_size];
+            } else if read_size > buffer.len() {
+                // fill what we need with zeros so that we can use them in `Read`.
+                // This won't reallocate
+                buffer.resize(read_size, 0);
+            } else {
+                buffer.truncate(read_size);
+            }
+
+            match page.header() {
+                DataPageHeader::V1(_) => decompress_v1(&page.buffer, page.compression, buffer)?,
+                DataPageHeader::V2(header) => {
+                    decompress_v2(&page.buffer, header, page.compression, buffer)?
+                },
+            }
+            let buffer = CowBuffer::Owned(std::mem::take(buffer));
+
+            Page::Data(DataPage::new_read(page.header, buffer, page.descriptor))
+        },
+        (Compression::Uncompressed, CompressedPage::Dict(page)) => Page::Dict(DictPage {
+            buffer: page.buffer,
             num_values: page.num_values,
             is_sorted: page.is_sorted,
         }),
-    }
-}
-
-/// Decompresses the page, using `buffer` for decompression.
-/// If `page.buffer.len() == 0`, there was no decompression and the buffer was moved.
-/// Else, decompression took place.
-pub fn decompress(
-    mut compressed_page: CompressedPage,
-    buffer: &mut Vec<u8>,
-) -> ParquetResult<Page> {
-    decompress_buffer(&mut compressed_page, buffer)?;
-    Ok(create_page(compressed_page, std::mem::take(buffer)))
+        (_, CompressedPage::Dict(page)) => {
+            // prepare the compression buffer
+            let read_size = page.uncompressed_page_size;
+
+            if read_size > buffer.capacity() {
+                // dealloc and ignore region, replacing it by a new region.
+                // This won't reallocate - it frees and calls `alloc_zeroed`
+                *buffer = vec![0; read_size];
+            } else if read_size > buffer.len() {
+                // fill what we need with zeros so that we can use them in `Read`.
+                // This won't reallocate
+                buffer.resize(read_size, 0);
+            } else {
+                buffer.truncate(read_size);
+            }
+            decompress_v1(&page.buffer, page.compression(), buffer)?;
+            let buffer = CowBuffer::Owned(std::mem::take(buffer));
+
+            Page::Dict(DictPage {
+                buffer,
+                num_values: page.num_values,
+                is_sorted: page.is_sorted,
+            })
+        },
+    })
 }
 
 type _Decompressor<I> = streaming_decompression::Decompressor<