diff --git a/encodings/zstd/public-api.lock b/encodings/zstd/public-api.lock
index 9f351777a4c..c863b07ac90 100644
--- a/encodings/zstd/public-api.lock
+++ b/encodings/zstd/public-api.lock
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ pub fn vortex_zstd::ZstdVTable::deserialize(bytes: &[u8], _dtype: &vortex_array:
 
 pub fn vortex_zstd::ZstdVTable::dtype(array: &vortex_zstd::ZstdArray) -> &vortex_array::dtype::DType
 
-pub fn vortex_zstd::ZstdVTable::execute(array: &Self::Array, ctx: &mut vortex_array::executor::ExecutionCtx) -> vortex_error::VortexResult<vortex_array::executor::ExecutionStep>
+pub fn vortex_zstd::ZstdVTable::execute(array: &Self::Array, _ctx: &mut vortex_array::executor::ExecutionCtx) -> vortex_error::VortexResult<vortex_array::executor::ExecutionStep>
 
 pub fn vortex_zstd::ZstdVTable::id(_array: &Self::Array) -> vortex_array::vtable::dyn_::ArrayId
 
diff --git a/encodings/zstd/src/array.rs b/encodings/zstd/src/array.rs
index f7263939e4d..9578ebcecb8 100644
--- a/encodings/zstd/src/array.rs
+++ b/encodings/zstd/src/array.rs
@@ -272,11 +272,8 @@ impl VTable for ZstdVTable {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn execute(array: &Self::Array, ctx: &mut ExecutionCtx) -> VortexResult<ExecutionStep> {
-        array
-            .decompress()?
-            .execute::<ArrayRef>(ctx)
-            .map(ExecutionStep::Done)
+    fn execute(array: &Self::Array, _ctx: &mut ExecutionCtx) -> VortexResult<ExecutionStep> {
+        Ok(ExecutionStep::Done(array.decompress()?))
     }
 
     fn reduce_parent(
diff --git a/encodings/zstd/src/zstd_buffers.rs b/encodings/zstd/src/zstd_buffers.rs
index ff733475a95..3fd2e84ce3e 100644
--- a/encodings/zstd/src/zstd_buffers.rs
+++ b/encodings/zstd/src/zstd_buffers.rs
@@ -470,9 +470,7 @@ impl VTable for ZstdBuffersVTable {
     fn execute(array: &Self::Array, ctx: &mut ExecutionCtx) -> VortexResult<ExecutionStep> {
         let session = ctx.session();
         let inner_array = array.decompress_and_build_inner(session)?;
-        inner_array
-            .execute::<ArrayRef>(ctx)
-            .map(ExecutionStep::Done)
+        Ok(ExecutionStep::Done(inner_array))
     }
 }