diff --git a/parquet/tests/arrow_reader/predicate_cache.rs b/parquet/tests/arrow_reader/predicate_cache.rs
index b2ad36b42113..b419c37158dc 100644
--- a/parquet/tests/arrow_reader/predicate_cache.rs
+++ b/parquet/tests/arrow_reader/predicate_cache.rs
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ async fn test_default_read() {
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_async_cache_with_filters() {
     let test = ParquetPredicateCacheTest::new().with_expected_records_read_from_cache(49);
-    let async_builder = test.async_builder().await;
-    let async_builder = test.add_project_ab_and_filter_b(async_builder);
+    let async_builder = test.async_builder().await.add_project_ab_and_filter_b();
     test.run_async(async_builder).await;
 }
 
@@ -63,8 +62,7 @@ async fn test_sync_cache_with_filters() {
         // The sync reader does not use the cache. See https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/8000
         .with_expected_records_read_from_cache(0);
 
-    let sync_builder = test.sync_builder();
-    let sync_builder = test.add_project_ab_and_filter_b(sync_builder);
+    let sync_builder = test.sync_builder().add_project_ab_and_filter_b();
     test.run_sync(sync_builder);
 }
 
@@ -72,12 +70,17 @@ async fn test_sync_cache_with_filters() {
 async fn test_cache_disabled_with_filters() {
     // expect no records to be read from cache, because the cache is disabled
     let test = ParquetPredicateCacheTest::new().with_expected_records_read_from_cache(0);
-    let sync_builder = test.sync_builder().with_max_predicate_cache_size(0);
-    let sync_builder = test.add_project_ab_and_filter_b(sync_builder);
+    let sync_builder = test
+        .sync_builder()
+        .with_max_predicate_cache_size(0)
+        .add_project_ab_and_filter_b();
     test.run_sync(sync_builder);
 
-    let async_builder = test.async_builder().await.with_max_predicate_cache_size(0);
-    let async_builder = test.add_project_ab_and_filter_b(async_builder);
+    let async_builder = test
+        .async_builder()
+        .await
+        .with_max_predicate_cache_size(0)
+        .add_project_ab_and_filter_b();
     test.run_async(async_builder).await;
 }
 
@@ -85,12 +88,10 @@ async fn test_cache_disabled_with_filters() {
 async fn test_cache_projection_excludes_nested_columns() {
     let test = ParquetPredicateCacheTest::new_nested().with_expected_records_read_from_cache(0);
 
-    let sync_builder = test.sync_builder();
-    let sync_builder = test.add_nested_filter(sync_builder);
+    let sync_builder = test.sync_builder().add_nested_filter();
     test.run_sync(sync_builder);
 
-    let async_builder = test.async_builder().await;
-    let async_builder = test.add_nested_filter(async_builder);
+    let async_builder = test.async_builder().await.add_nested_filter();
     test.run_async(async_builder).await;
 }
 
@@ -154,53 +155,6 @@ impl ParquetPredicateCacheTest {
             .unwrap()
     }
 
-    /// Return a [`ParquetRecordBatchReaderBuilder`] for reading the file with
-    ///
-    /// 1. a projection selecting the "a" and "b" column
-    /// 2. a row_filter applied to "b": 575 < "b" < 625 (select 1 data page from each row group)
-    fn add_project_ab_and_filter_b<T>(
-        &self,
-        builder: ArrowReaderBuilder<T>,
-    ) -> ArrowReaderBuilder<T> {
-        let schema_descr = builder.metadata().file_metadata().schema_descr_ptr();
-
-        // "b" > 575 and "b" < 625
-        let row_filter = ArrowPredicateFn::new(
-            ProjectionMask::columns(&schema_descr, ["b"]),
-            |batch: RecordBatch| {
-                let scalar_575 = Int64Array::new_scalar(575);
-                let scalar_625 = Int64Array::new_scalar(625);
-                let column = batch.column(0).as_primitive::<Int64Type>();
-                and(&gt(column, &scalar_575)?, &lt(column, &scalar_625)?)
-            },
-        );
-
-        builder
-            .with_projection(ProjectionMask::columns(&schema_descr, ["a", "b"]))
-            .with_row_filter(RowFilter::new(vec![Box::new(row_filter)]))
-    }
-
-    /// Add a filter on the nested leaf nodes
-    fn add_nested_filter<T>(&self, builder: ArrowReaderBuilder<T>) -> ArrowReaderBuilder<T> {
-        let schema_descr = builder.metadata().file_metadata().schema_descr_ptr();
-
-        // Build a RowFilter whose predicate projects a leaf under the nested root `b`
-        // Leaf indices are depth-first; with schema [a, b.aa, b.bb] we pick index 1 (b.aa)
-        let nested_leaf_mask = ProjectionMask::leaves(&schema_descr, vec![1]);
-
-        let always_true = ArrowPredicateFn::new(nested_leaf_mask.clone(), |batch: RecordBatch| {
-            Ok(arrow_array::BooleanArray::from(vec![
-                true;
-                batch.num_rows()
-            ]))
-        });
-        let row_filter = RowFilter::new(vec![Box::new(always_true)]);
-
-        builder
-            .with_projection(nested_leaf_mask)
-            .with_row_filter(row_filter)
-    }
-
     /// Build the reader from the specified builder, reading all batches from it,
     /// and asserts the
     fn run_sync(&self, builder: ParquetRecordBatchReaderBuilder<Bytes>) {
@@ -322,6 +276,56 @@ static NESTED_TEST_FILE_DATA: LazyLock<Bytes> = LazyLock::new(|| {
     Bytes::from(output)
 });
 
+trait ArrowReaderBuilderExt {
+    /// Applies the following:
+    /// 1. a projection selecting the "a" and "b" column
+    /// 2. a row_filter applied to "b": 575 < "b" < 625 (select 1 data page from each row group)
+    fn add_project_ab_and_filter_b(self) -> Self;
+
+    /// Adds a row filter that projects the nested leaf column "b.aa" and
+    /// returns true for all rows.
+    fn add_nested_filter(self) -> Self;
+}
+
+impl<T> ArrowReaderBuilderExt for ArrowReaderBuilder<T> {
+    fn add_project_ab_and_filter_b(self) -> Self {
+        let schema_descr = self.metadata().file_metadata().schema_descr_ptr();
+
+        // "b" > 575 and "b" < 625
+        let row_filter = ArrowPredicateFn::new(
+            ProjectionMask::columns(&schema_descr, ["b"]),
+            |batch: RecordBatch| {
+                let scalar_575 = Int64Array::new_scalar(575);
+                let scalar_625 = Int64Array::new_scalar(625);
+                let column = batch.column(0).as_primitive::<Int64Type>();
+                and(&gt(column, &scalar_575)?, &lt(column, &scalar_625)?)
+            },
+        );
+
+        self.with_projection(ProjectionMask::columns(&schema_descr, ["a", "b"]))
+            .with_row_filter(RowFilter::new(vec![Box::new(row_filter)]))
+    }
+
+    fn add_nested_filter(self) -> Self {
+        let schema_descr = self.metadata().file_metadata().schema_descr_ptr();
+
+        // Build a RowFilter whose predicate projects a leaf under the nested root `b`
+        // Leaf indices are depth-first; with schema [a, b.aa, b.bb] we pick index 1 (b.aa)
+        let nested_leaf_mask = ProjectionMask::leaves(&schema_descr, vec![1]);
+
+        let always_true = ArrowPredicateFn::new(nested_leaf_mask.clone(), |batch: RecordBatch| {
+            Ok(arrow_array::BooleanArray::from(vec![
+                true;
+                batch.num_rows()
+            ]))
+        });
+        let row_filter = RowFilter::new(vec![Box::new(always_true)]);
+
+        self.with_projection(nested_leaf_mask)
+            .with_row_filter(row_filter)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Copy paste version of the `AsyncFileReader` trait for testing purposes 🤮
 /// TODO put this in a common place
 #[derive(Clone)]