diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b2fe8f6592a7..d1977b49a552 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2897,7 +2897,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "num-traits",
  "polars-arrow",
- "polars-core",
  "polars-error",
  "polars-utils",
  "ryu",
diff --git a/crates/polars-arrow/src/compute/decimal.rs b/crates/polars-arrow/src/compute/decimal.rs
index d4199d260362..d1fc24472b8f 100644
--- a/crates/polars-arrow/src/compute/decimal.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-arrow/src/compute/decimal.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+
 use atoi::FromRadix10SignedChecked;
 
+static TRIM_DECIMAL_ZEROS: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
+
+pub fn get_trim_decimal_zeros() -> bool {
+    TRIM_DECIMAL_ZEROS.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+}
+pub fn set_trim_decimal_zeros(trim: Option<bool>) {
+    TRIM_DECIMAL_ZEROS.store(trim.unwrap_or(false), Ordering::Relaxed)
+}
+
 /// Count the number of b'0's at the beginning of a slice.
 fn leading_zeros(bytes: &[u8]) -> u8 {
     bytes.iter().take_while(|byte| **byte == b'0').count() as u8
diff --git a/crates/polars-core/src/fmt.rs b/crates/polars-core/src/fmt.rs
index 2ced3591c0a3..0b9435f9cedb 100644
--- a/crates/polars-core/src/fmt.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-core/src/fmt.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #[cfg(any(feature = "fmt", feature = "fmt_no_tty"))]
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter, Write};
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU8, Ordering};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU8, Ordering};
 use std::sync::RwLock;
 use std::{fmt, str};
 
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ pub enum FloatFmt {
 static FLOAT_PRECISION: RwLock<Option<usize>> = RwLock::new(None);
 static FLOAT_FMT: AtomicU8 = AtomicU8::new(FloatFmt::Mixed as u8);
 
-static TRIM_DECIMAL_ZEROS: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 static THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR: AtomicU8 = AtomicU8::new(b'\0');
 static DECIMAL_SEPARATOR: AtomicU8 = AtomicU8::new(b'.');
 
@@ -65,8 +64,9 @@ pub fn get_thousands_separator() -> String {
         sep.to_string()
     }
 }
+#[cfg(feature = "dtype-decimal")]
 pub fn get_trim_decimal_zeros() -> bool {
-    TRIM_DECIMAL_ZEROS.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+    arrow::compute::decimal::get_trim_decimal_zeros()
 }
 
 // Numeric formatting setters
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ pub fn set_decimal_separator(dec: Option<char>) {
 pub fn set_thousands_separator(sep: Option<char>) {
     THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR.store(sep.unwrap_or('\0') as u8, Ordering::Relaxed)
 }
+#[cfg(feature = "dtype-decimal")]
 pub fn set_trim_decimal_zeros(trim: Option<bool>) {
-    TRIM_DECIMAL_ZEROS.store(trim.unwrap_or(false), Ordering::Relaxed)
+    arrow::compute::decimal::set_trim_decimal_zeros(trim)
 }
 
 macro_rules! format_array {
diff --git a/crates/polars-io/src/csv/write_impl.rs b/crates/polars-io/src/csv/write_impl.rs
index 53580b5d4e87..93fc847e871d 100644
--- a/crates/polars-io/src/csv/write_impl.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-io/src/csv/write_impl.rs
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ unsafe fn write_any_value(
                         write!(f, "{quote}")?;
                         end_with_quote = true
                     }
-                    let trim_zeros = polars_core::fmt::get_trim_decimal_zeros();
-                    let buf = arrow::legacy::compute::decimal::format_decimal(v, scale, trim_zeros);
+                    let trim_zeros = arrow::compute::decimal::get_trim_decimal_zeros();
+                    let buf = arrow::compute::decimal::format_decimal(v, scale, trim_zeros);
                     write!(f, "{}", buf.as_str())
                 },
                 _ => {
diff --git a/crates/polars-json/Cargo.toml b/crates/polars-json/Cargo.toml
index 4cf0cf5eea80..0b9159cadccd 100644
--- a/crates/polars-json/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/polars-json/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ repository = { workspace = true }
 description = "JSON related logic for the Polars DataFrame library"
 
 [dependencies]
-polars-core = { workspace = true }
 polars-error = { workspace = true }
 polars-utils = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/crates/polars-json/src/json/write/serialize.rs b/crates/polars-json/src/json/write/serialize.rs
index 95be95816514..483b4d15fdac 100644
--- a/crates/polars-json/src/json/write/serialize.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-json/src/json/write/serialize.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ use std::io::Write;
 
 use arrow::array::*;
 use arrow::bitmap::utils::ZipValidity;
+#[cfg(feature = "dtype-decimal")]
+use arrow::compute::decimal::{format_decimal, get_trim_decimal_zeros};
 use arrow::datatypes::{ArrowDataType, IntegerType, TimeUnit};
 use arrow::io::iterator::BufStreamingIterator;
-#[cfg(feature = "dtype-decimal")]
-use arrow::legacy::compute::decimal::format_decimal;
 use arrow::offset::Offset;
 #[cfg(feature = "chrono-tz")]
 use arrow::temporal_conversions::parse_offset_tz;
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ fn decimal_serializer<'a>(
     offset: usize,
     take: usize,
 ) -> Box<dyn StreamingIterator<Item = [u8]> + 'a + Send + Sync> {
-    let trim_zeros = polars_core::fmt::get_trim_decimal_zeros();
+    let trim_zeros = get_trim_decimal_zeros();
     let f = move |x: Option<&i128>, buf: &mut Vec<u8>| {
         if let Some(x) = x {
             utf8::write_str(buf, format_decimal(*x, scale, trim_zeros).as_str()).unwrap()