diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-build.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-build.yml
index 3f5e7a72909f3..bed48b9eb580f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-build.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ jobs:
       Protobuf_SOURCE: BUNDLED # can be removed after #10134 is merged
       simdjson_SOURCE: BUNDLED
       xsimd_SOURCE: BUNDLED
-      Arrow_SOURCE: AUTO
       CUDA_VERSION: "12.4"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/CMake/FindArrow.cmake b/CMake/FindArrow.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e280757f9501..0000000000000
--- a/CMake/FindArrow.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-find_library(ARROW_LIB libarrow.a)
-find_library(PARQUET_LIB libparquet.a)
-find_library(ARROW_TESTING_LIB libarrow_testing.a)
-if("${ARROW_LIB}" STREQUAL "ARROW_LIB-NOTFOUND"
-   # OR "${PARQUET_LIB}" STREQUAL "PARQUET_LIB-NOTFOUND"
-   OR "${ARROW_TESTING_LIB}" STREQUAL "ARROW_TESTING_LIB-NOTFOUND")
-  set(Arrow_FOUND false)
-  return()
-endif()
-set(Arrow_FOUND true)
-
-add_library(arrow STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
-add_library(parquet STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
-add_library(arrow_testing STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
-
-find_path(ARROW_INCLUDE_PATH arrow/api.h)
-set_target_properties(
-  arrow arrow_testing parquet PROPERTIES INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
-                                         ${ARROW_INCLUDE_PATH})
-set_target_properties(arrow PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${ARROW_LIB})
-set_target_properties(parquet PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${PARQUET_LIB})
-set_target_properties(arrow_testing PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION
-                                               ${ARROW_TESTING_LIB})
diff --git a/CMake/resolve_dependency_modules/arrow.cmake b/CMake/resolve_dependency_modules/arrow.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index b9d04683d69d4..0000000000000
--- a/CMake/resolve_dependency_modules/arrow.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-include_guard(GLOBAL)
-
-add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/arrow)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c4f94e323a148..00fc56aeb7371 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -575,9 +575,5 @@ if("${TREAT_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS}")
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Werror")
 endif()
 
-if(VELOX_ENABLE_ARROW)
-  set_source(Arrow)
-  resolve_dependency(Arrow)
-endif()
-
+add_subdirectory(third_party)
 add_subdirectory(velox)
diff --git a/scripts/setup-centos9.sh b/scripts/setup-centos9.sh
index 0828ad27a6537..4ff6cf038f2e6 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-centos9.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-centos9.sh
@@ -187,29 +187,6 @@ function install_duckdb {
   fi
 }
 
-ARROW_VERSION=15.0.0
-
-function install_arrow {
-  wget_and_untar https://archive.apache.org/dist/arrow/arrow-${ARROW_VERSION}/apache-arrow-${ARROW_VERSION}.tar.gz arrow
-  cd arrow/cpp
-  cmake_install \
-    -DARROW_PARQUET=OFF \
-    -DARROW_WITH_THRIFT=ON \
-    -DARROW_WITH_LZ4=ON \
-    -DARROW_WITH_SNAPPY=ON \
-    -DARROW_WITH_ZLIB=ON \
-    -DARROW_WITH_ZSTD=ON \
-    -DARROW_JEMALLOC=OFF \
-    -DARROW_SIMD_LEVEL=NONE \
-    -DARROW_RUNTIME_SIMD_LEVEL=NONE \
-    -DARROW_WITH_UTF8PROC=OFF \
-    -DARROW_TESTING=ON \
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-    -DARROW_BUILD_STATIC=ON \
-    -DThrift_SOURCE=BUNDLED
-}
-
 function install_cuda {
   # See https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads
   dnf config-manager --add-repo https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/rhel9/x86_64/cuda-rhel9.repo
@@ -232,7 +209,6 @@ function install_velox_deps {
   run_and_time install_mvfst
   run_and_time install_fbthrift
   run_and_time install_duckdb
-  run_and_time install_arrow
 }
 
 (return 2> /dev/null) && return # If script was sourced, don't run commands.
diff --git a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
index e765958038bb1..85505bd4894f1 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
@@ -157,29 +157,6 @@ function install_duckdb {
   fi
 }
 
-ARROW_VERSION=15.0.0
-
-function install_arrow {
-  wget_and_untar https://archive.apache.org/dist/arrow/arrow-${ARROW_VERSION}/apache-arrow-${ARROW_VERSION}.tar.gz arrow
-  cd arrow/cpp
-  cmake_install \
-    -DARROW_PARQUET=OFF \
-    -DARROW_WITH_THRIFT=ON \
-    -DARROW_WITH_LZ4=ON \
-    -DARROW_WITH_SNAPPY=ON \
-    -DARROW_WITH_ZLIB=ON \
-    -DARROW_WITH_ZSTD=ON \
-    -DARROW_JEMALLOC=OFF \
-    -DARROW_SIMD_LEVEL=NONE \
-    -DARROW_RUNTIME_SIMD_LEVEL=NONE \
-    -DARROW_WITH_UTF8PROC=OFF \
-    -DARROW_TESTING=ON \
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-    -DARROW_BUILD_STATIC=ON \
-    -DThrift_SOURCE=BUNDLED
-}
-
 function install_cuda {
   # See https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads
   if ! dpkg -l cuda-keyring 1>/dev/null; then
@@ -202,7 +179,6 @@ function install_velox_deps {
   run_and_time install_fbthrift
   run_and_time install_conda
   run_and_time install_duckdb
-  run_and_time install_arrow
 }
 
 function install_apt_deps {
diff --git a/CMake/resolve_dependency_modules/arrow/CMakeLists.txt b/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 96%
rename from CMake/resolve_dependency_modules/arrow/CMakeLists.txt
rename to third_party/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f01df2fdc051..ce4c24dbee078 100644
--- a/CMake/resolve_dependency_modules/arrow/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-project(Arrow)
+
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}
+                      "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules/")
+
+include(ExternalProject)
 
 if(VELOX_ENABLE_ARROW)
   find_package(Thrift)
@@ -20,7 +24,6 @@ if(VELOX_ENABLE_ARROW)
   else()
     set(THRIFT_SOURCE "BUNDLED")
   endif()
-
   set(ARROW_PREFIX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/arrow_ep")
   set(ARROW_CMAKE_ARGS
       -DARROW_PARQUET=OFF
@@ -71,7 +74,6 @@ if(VELOX_ENABLE_ARROW)
     CMAKE_ARGS ${ARROW_CMAKE_ARGS}
     BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${ARROW_LIBDIR}/libarrow.a ${ARROW_LIBDIR}/libparquet.a
                      ${ARROW_LIBDIR}/libarrow_testing.a ${THRIFT_LIB})
-
   add_library(arrow STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
   add_library(arrow_testing STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
   add_library(parquet STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
diff --git a/CMake/FindThrift.cmake b/third_party/cmake_modules/FindThrift.cmake
similarity index 58%
rename from CMake/FindThrift.cmake
rename to third_party/cmake_modules/FindThrift.cmake
index 273500a6ae369..07028971d9fcc 100644
--- a/CMake/FindThrift.cmake
+++ b/third_party/cmake_modules/FindThrift.cmake
@@ -12,26 +12,27 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# * Find Thrift (a cross platform RPC lib/tool)
+# - Find Thrift (a cross platform RPC lib/tool)
 #
 # Variables used by this module, they can change the default behaviour and need
 # to be set before calling find_package:
 #
-# Thrift_ROOT - When set, this path is inspected instead of standard library
-# locations as the root of the Thrift installation. The environment variable
-# THRIFT_HOME overrides this variable.
+#  Thrift_ROOT - When set, this path is inspected instead of standard library
+#                locations as the root of the Thrift installation.
+#                The environment variable THRIFT_HOME overrides this variable.
 #
-# This module defines Thrift_FOUND, whether Thrift is found or not
-# Thrift_COMPILER_FOUND, whether Thrift compiler is found or not
+# This module defines
+#  Thrift_FOUND, whether Thrift is found or not
+#  Thrift_COMPILER_FOUND, whether Thrift compiler is found or not
 #
-# thrift::thrift, a library target to use Thrift thrift::compiler, a executable
-# target to use Thrift compiler
+#  thrift::thrift, a library target to use Thrift
+#  thrift::compiler, a executable target to use Thrift compiler
 
 function(EXTRACT_THRIFT_VERSION)
   if(THRIFT_INCLUDE_DIR)
     file(READ "${THRIFT_INCLUDE_DIR}/thrift/config.h" THRIFT_CONFIG_H_CONTENT)
-    string(REGEX MATCH "#define PACKAGE_VERSION \"[0-9.]+\""
-                 THRIFT_VERSION_DEFINITION "${THRIFT_CONFIG_H_CONTENT}")
+    string(REGEX MATCH "#define PACKAGE_VERSION \"[0-9.]+\"" THRIFT_VERSION_DEFINITION
+                 "${THRIFT_CONFIG_H_CONTENT}")
     string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9.]+" Thrift_VERSION "${THRIFT_VERSION_DEFINITION}")
     set(Thrift_VERSION
         "${Thrift_VERSION}"
@@ -65,16 +66,14 @@ set(THRIFT_LIB_NAME_BASE "thrift${THRIFT_MSVC_LIB_SUFFIX}")
 if(ARROW_THRIFT_USE_SHARED)
   set(THRIFT_LIB_NAMES thrift)
   if(CMAKE_IMPORT_LIBRARY_SUFFIX)
-    list(
-      APPEND
-      THRIFT_LIB_NAMES
-      "${CMAKE_IMPORT_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${THRIFT_LIB_NAME_BASE}${CMAKE_IMPORT_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
+    list(APPEND
+         THRIFT_LIB_NAMES
+         "${CMAKE_IMPORT_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${THRIFT_LIB_NAME_BASE}${CMAKE_IMPORT_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
     )
   endif()
-  list(
-    APPEND
-    THRIFT_LIB_NAMES
-    "${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${THRIFT_LIB_NAME_BASE}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
+  list(APPEND
+       THRIFT_LIB_NAMES
+       "${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${THRIFT_LIB_NAME_BASE}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
   )
 else()
   set(THRIFT_LIB_NAMES
@@ -83,24 +82,20 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(Thrift_ROOT)
-  find_library(
-    THRIFT_LIB
-    NAMES ${THRIFT_LIB_NAMES}
-    PATHS ${Thrift_ROOT}
-    PATH_SUFFIXES "lib/${CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE}" "lib")
-  find_path(
-    THRIFT_INCLUDE_DIR thrift/Thrift.h
-    PATHS ${Thrift_ROOT}
-    PATH_SUFFIXES "include")
-  find_program(
-    THRIFT_COMPILER thrift
-    PATHS ${Thrift_ROOT}
-    PATH_SUFFIXES "bin")
+  find_library(THRIFT_LIB
+               NAMES ${THRIFT_LIB_NAMES}
+               PATHS ${Thrift_ROOT}
+               PATH_SUFFIXES "lib/${CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE}" "lib")
+  find_path(THRIFT_INCLUDE_DIR thrift/Thrift.h
+            PATHS ${Thrift_ROOT}
+            PATH_SUFFIXES "include")
+  find_program(THRIFT_COMPILER thrift
+               PATHS ${Thrift_ROOT}
+               PATH_SUFFIXES "bin")
   extract_thrift_version()
 else()
-  # THRIFT-4760: The pkgconfig files are currently only installed when using
-  # autotools. Starting with 0.13, they are also installed for the CMake-based
-  # installations of Thrift.
+  # THRIFT-4760: The pkgconfig files are currently only installed when using autotools.
+  # Starting with 0.13, they are also installed for the CMake-based installations of Thrift.
   find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
   pkg_check_modules(THRIFT_PC thrift)
   if(THRIFT_PC_FOUND)
@@ -108,22 +103,19 @@ else()
 
     list(APPEND THRIFT_PC_LIBRARY_DIRS "${THRIFT_PC_LIBDIR}")
 
-    find_library(
-      THRIFT_LIB
-      NAMES ${THRIFT_LIB_NAMES}
-      PATHS ${THRIFT_PC_LIBRARY_DIRS}
-      NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-    find_program(
-      THRIFT_COMPILER thrift
-      HINTS ${THRIFT_PC_PREFIX}
-      NO_DEFAULT_PATH
-      PATH_SUFFIXES "bin")
+    find_library(THRIFT_LIB
+                 NAMES ${THRIFT_LIB_NAMES}
+                 PATHS ${THRIFT_PC_LIBRARY_DIRS}
+                 NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+    find_program(THRIFT_COMPILER thrift
+                 HINTS ${THRIFT_PC_PREFIX}
+                 NO_DEFAULT_PATH
+                 PATH_SUFFIXES "bin")
     set(Thrift_VERSION ${THRIFT_PC_VERSION})
   else()
-    find_library(
-      THRIFT_LIB
-      NAMES ${THRIFT_LIB_NAMES}
-      PATH_SUFFIXES "lib/${CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE}" "lib")
+    find_library(THRIFT_LIB
+                 NAMES ${THRIFT_LIB_NAMES}
+                 PATH_SUFFIXES "lib/${CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE}" "lib")
     find_path(THRIFT_INCLUDE_DIR thrift/Thrift.h PATH_SUFFIXES "include")
     find_program(THRIFT_COMPILER thrift PATH_SUFFIXES "bin")
     extract_thrift_version()
@@ -148,15 +140,14 @@ if(Thrift_FOUND)
   else()
     add_library(thrift::thrift STATIC IMPORTED)
   endif()
-  set_target_properties(
-    thrift::thrift
-    PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION "${THRIFT_LIB}" INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
-                                                 "${THRIFT_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+  set_target_properties(thrift::thrift
+                        PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION "${THRIFT_LIB}"
+                                   INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${THRIFT_INCLUDE_DIR}")
   if(WIN32 AND NOT MSVC_TOOLCHAIN)
-    # We don't need this for Visual C++ because Thrift uses "#pragma
-    # comment(lib, "Ws2_32.lib")" in thrift/windows/config.h for Visual C++.
-    set_target_properties(thrift::thrift PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES
-                                                    "ws2_32")
+    # We don't need this for Visual C++ because Thrift uses
+    # "#pragma comment(lib, "Ws2_32.lib")" in
+    # thrift/windows/config.h for Visual C++.
+    set_target_properties(thrift::thrift PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "ws2_32")
   endif()
 
   if(Thrift_COMPILER_FOUND)