diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1ccb2989..d708ca6d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "arrow-ipc",
  "arrow-json",
  "arrow-ord",
- "arrow-pyarrow",
  "arrow-row",
  "arrow-schema",
  "arrow-select",
@@ -289,18 +288,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "arrow-select",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "arrow-pyarrow"
-version = "56.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7d924b32e96f8bb74d94cd82bd97b313c432fcb0ea331689ef9e7c6b8be4b258"
-dependencies = [
- "arrow-array",
- "arrow-data",
- "arrow-schema",
- "pyo3",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "arrow-row"
 version = "56.2.0"
@@ -3614,15 +3601,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.16.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "indoc"
-version = "2.0.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "79cf5c93f93228cf8efb3ba362535fb11199ac548a09ce117c9b1adc3030d706"
-dependencies = [
- "rustversion",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "inout"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -4135,23 +4113,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wiremock",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lance-graph-python"
-version = "0.5.4"
-dependencies = [
- "arrow",
- "arrow-array",
- "arrow-ipc",
- "arrow-schema",
- "datafusion",
- "futures",
- "lance-graph",
- "pyo3",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-index"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -4617,15 +4578,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "memoffset"
-version = "0.9.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "488016bfae457b036d996092f6cb448677611ce4449e970ceaf42695203f218a"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -5533,68 +5485,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pyo3"
-version = "0.25.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8970a78afe0628a3e3430376fc5fd76b6b45c4d43360ffd6cdd40bdde72b682a"
-dependencies = [
- "indoc",
- "libc",
- "memoffset",
- "once_cell",
- "portable-atomic",
- "pyo3-build-config",
- "pyo3-ffi",
- "pyo3-macros",
- "unindent",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "pyo3-build-config"
-version = "0.25.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "458eb0c55e7ece017adeba38f2248ff3ac615e53660d7c71a238d7d2a01c7598"
-dependencies = [
- "once_cell",
- "target-lexicon",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "pyo3-ffi"
-version = "0.25.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7114fe5457c61b276ab77c5055f206295b812608083644a5c5b2640c3102565c"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "pyo3-build-config",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "pyo3-macros"
-version = "0.25.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a8725c0a622b374d6cb051d11a0983786448f7785336139c3c94f5aa6bef7e50"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "pyo3-macros-backend",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.106",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "pyo3-macros-backend"
-version = "0.25.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4109984c22491085343c05b0dbc54ddc405c3cf7b4374fc533f5c3313a572ccc"
-dependencies = [
- "heck",
- "proc-macro2",
- "pyo3-build-config",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.106",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
 version = "0.37.5"
@@ -6930,12 +6820,6 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "55937e1799185b12863d447f42597ed69d9928686b8d88a1df17376a097d8369"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "target-lexicon"
-version = "0.13.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b1dd07eb858a2067e2f3c7155d54e929265c264e6f37efe3ee7a8d1b5a1dd0ba"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.23.0"
@@ -7362,12 +7246,6 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4a1a07cc7db3810833284e8d372ccdc6da29741639ecc70c9ec107df0fa6154c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unindent"
-version = "0.2.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7264e107f553ccae879d21fbea1d6724ac785e8c3bfc762137959b5802826ef3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "untrusted"
 version = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c66043bd..666404ea 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 members = [
     "crates/lance-graph",
     "crates/lance-graph-catalog",
-    "crates/lance-graph-python",
     "crates/lance-graph-benches",
 ]
+# Python package needs to be built by maturin.
+exclude = ["crates/lance-graph-python"]
 resolver = "2"