diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index b0daf37921f8..c45fe805bdaa 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1396,8 +1396,7 @@ lazy val `runtime-language-arrow` =
       inConfig(Compile)(truffleRunOptionsSettings),
       instrumentationSettings,
       libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-        "org.graalvm.truffle" % "truffle-api"       % graalMavenPackagesVersion % "provided",
-        "org.apache.arrow"    % "arrow-memory-core" % apacheArrowVersion
+        "org.graalvm.truffle" % "truffle-api"       % graalMavenPackagesVersion % "provided"
       )
     )
 
@@ -1886,7 +1885,7 @@ lazy val `engine-runner` = project
             "com.sun.jna.internal.Cleaner",
             "com.sun.jna.Structure$FFIType",
             "akka.http",
-            "org.apache.arrow.memory.util.MemoryUtil"
+            "org.enso.interpreter.arrow.util.MemoryUtil"
           )
         )
         .dependsOn(assembly)
diff --git a/engine/runtime-language-arrow/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/arrow/runtime/ArrowCastToFixedSizeArrayFactory.java b/engine/runtime-language-arrow/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/arrow/runtime/ArrowCastToFixedSizeArrayFactory.java
index 0c60bebe0b52..cd34f1945015 100644
--- a/engine/runtime-language-arrow/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/arrow/runtime/ArrowCastToFixedSizeArrayFactory.java
+++ b/engine/runtime-language-arrow/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/arrow/runtime/ArrowCastToFixedSizeArrayFactory.java
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.library.CachedLibrary;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.library.ExportLibrary;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.library.ExportMessage;
-import java.nio.*;
 import java.util.BitSet;
-import org.apache.arrow.memory.util.MemoryUtil;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
 import org.enso.interpreter.arrow.ArrowParser;
+import org.enso.interpreter.arrow.util.MemoryUtil;
 
 @ExportLibrary(InteropLibrary.class)
 public class ArrowCastToFixedSizeArrayFactory implements TruffleObject {
diff --git a/engine/runtime-language-arrow/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/arrow/util/MemoryUtil.java b/engine/runtime-language-arrow/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/arrow/util/MemoryUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d79798730829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/runtime-language-arrow/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/arrow/util/MemoryUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package org.enso.interpreter.arrow.util;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+public class MemoryUtil {
+
+    private static Constructor<?> byteBufferConstr = null;
+
+    static {
+
+        ByteBuffer buffer = null;
+        try {
+            buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(1);
+            byteBufferConstr = buffer.getClass().getDeclaredConstructor(long.class, long.class);
+            byteBufferConstr.setAccessible(true);
+        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+            System.err.println("Unable to find a constructor for ByteBuffer created directly from a memory address: " + e.getMessage());
+        } finally {
+            if (buffer != null) {
+                buffer.clear();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a ByteBuffer directly from a (allocated) memory address and its size without copying.
+     *
+     * @param address address in memory to the start of the allocated chunk of memory
+     * @param capacity size in bytes of the allocated chunk of memory
+     * @return ByteBuffer instance
+     */
+    public static ByteBuffer directBuffer(long address, long capacity) {
+         if (byteBufferConstr != null) {
+             try {
+                 return (ByteBuffer) byteBufferConstr.newInstance(address, capacity);
+             } catch (InstantiationException e) {
+                 throw new RuntimeException(e);
+             } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+                 throw new RuntimeException(e);
+             } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+                 throw new RuntimeException(e);
+             }
+         }
+         throw new RuntimeException("constructor for a ByteBuffer created from a memory address is missing");
+    }
+}