diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java
index 58ae5039c4..b9c8996f0f 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java
@@ -1334,12 +1334,13 @@ public void writeDataPageHeader(
     writePageHeader(newDataPageHeader(uncompressedSize,
                                       compressedSize,
                                       valueCount,
-                                      new org.apache.parquet.column.statistics.BooleanStatistics(),
                                       rlEncoding,
                                       dlEncoding,
                                       valuesEncoding), to);
   }
 
+  // Statistics are no longer saved in page headers
+  @Deprecated
   public void writeDataPageHeader(
       int uncompressedSize,
       int compressedSize,
@@ -1350,7 +1351,7 @@ public void writeDataPageHeader(
       org.apache.parquet.column.Encoding valuesEncoding,
       OutputStream to) throws IOException {
     writePageHeader(
-        newDataPageHeader(uncompressedSize, compressedSize, valueCount, statistics,
+        newDataPageHeader(uncompressedSize, compressedSize, valueCount,
             rlEncoding, dlEncoding, valuesEncoding),
         to);
   }
@@ -1358,7 +1359,6 @@ public void writeDataPageHeader(
   private PageHeader newDataPageHeader(
       int uncompressedSize, int compressedSize,
       int valueCount,
-      org.apache.parquet.column.statistics.Statistics statistics,
       org.apache.parquet.column.Encoding rlEncoding,
       org.apache.parquet.column.Encoding dlEncoding,
       org.apache.parquet.column.Encoding valuesEncoding) {
@@ -1369,12 +1369,11 @@ private PageHeader newDataPageHeader(
         getEncoding(valuesEncoding),
         getEncoding(dlEncoding),
         getEncoding(rlEncoding)));
-    if (!statistics.isEmpty()) {
-      pageHeader.getData_page_header().setStatistics(toParquetStatistics(statistics));
-    }
     return pageHeader;
   }
 
+  // Statistics are no longer saved in page headers
+  @Deprecated
   public void writeDataPageV2Header(
       int uncompressedSize, int compressedSize,
       int valueCount, int nullCount, int rowCount,
@@ -1386,7 +1385,36 @@ public void writeDataPageV2Header(
         newDataPageV2Header(
             uncompressedSize, compressedSize,
             valueCount, nullCount, rowCount,
-            statistics,
+            dataEncoding,
+            rlByteLength, dlByteLength), to);
+  }
+
+  public void writeDataPageV1Header(
+      int uncompressedSize,
+      int compressedSize,
+      int valueCount,
+      org.apache.parquet.column.Encoding rlEncoding,
+      org.apache.parquet.column.Encoding dlEncoding,
+      org.apache.parquet.column.Encoding valuesEncoding,
+      OutputStream to) throws IOException {
+    writePageHeader(newDataPageHeader(uncompressedSize,
+                                      compressedSize,
+                                      valueCount,
+                                      rlEncoding,
+                                      dlEncoding,
+                                      valuesEncoding), to);
+  }
+
+  public void writeDataPageV2Header(
+      int uncompressedSize, int compressedSize,
+      int valueCount, int nullCount, int rowCount,
+      org.apache.parquet.column.Encoding dataEncoding,
+      int rlByteLength, int dlByteLength,
+      OutputStream to) throws IOException {
+    writePageHeader(
+        newDataPageV2Header(
+            uncompressedSize, compressedSize,
+            valueCount, nullCount, rowCount,
             dataEncoding,
             rlByteLength, dlByteLength), to);
   }
@@ -1394,7 +1422,6 @@ public void writeDataPageV2Header(
   private PageHeader newDataPageV2Header(
       int uncompressedSize, int compressedSize,
       int valueCount, int nullCount, int rowCount,
-      org.apache.parquet.column.statistics.Statistics<?> statistics,
       org.apache.parquet.column.Encoding dataEncoding,
       int rlByteLength, int dlByteLength) {
     // TODO: pageHeader.crc = ...;
@@ -1402,10 +1429,6 @@ private PageHeader newDataPageV2Header(
         valueCount, nullCount, rowCount,
         getEncoding(dataEncoding),
         dlByteLength, rlByteLength);
-    if (!statistics.isEmpty()) {
-      dataPageHeaderV2.setStatistics(
-          toParquetStatistics(statistics));
-    }
     PageHeader pageHeader = new PageHeader(PageType.DATA_PAGE_V2, uncompressedSize, compressedSize);
     pageHeader.setData_page_header_v2(dataPageHeaderV2);
     return pageHeader;
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ColumnChunkPageWriteStore.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ColumnChunkPageWriteStore.java
index 85bdbdbd9b..f87630bf24 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ColumnChunkPageWriteStore.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ColumnChunkPageWriteStore.java
@@ -119,11 +119,10 @@ public void writePage(BytesInput bytes,
                 + compressedSize);
       }
       tempOutputStream.reset();
-      parquetMetadataConverter.writeDataPageHeader(
+      parquetMetadataConverter.writeDataPageV1Header(
           (int)uncompressedSize,
           (int)compressedSize,
           valueCount,
-          statistics,
           rlEncoding,
           dlEncoding,
           valuesEncoding,
@@ -171,7 +170,6 @@ public void writePageV2(
       parquetMetadataConverter.writeDataPageV2Header(
           uncompressedSize, compressedSize,
           valueCount, nullCount, rowCount,
-          statistics,
           dataEncoding,
           rlByteLength,
           dlByteLength,
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetFileWriter.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetFileWriter.java
index a8cd686022..20efe47573 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetFileWriter.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/ParquetFileWriter.java
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ public void writeDataPage(
     long beforeHeader = out.getPos();
     LOG.debug("{}: write data page: {} values", beforeHeader, valueCount);
     int compressedPageSize = (int)bytes.size();
-    metadataConverter.writeDataPageHeader(
+    metadataConverter.writeDataPageV1Header(
         uncompressedPageSize, compressedPageSize,
         valueCount,
         rlEncoding,
@@ -518,10 +518,9 @@ private void innerWriteDataPage(
     }
     LOG.debug("{}: write data page: {} values", beforeHeader, valueCount);
     int compressedPageSize = (int) bytes.size();
-    metadataConverter.writeDataPageHeader(
+    metadataConverter.writeDataPageV1Header(
         uncompressedPageSize, compressedPageSize,
         valueCount,
-        statistics,
         rlEncoding,
         dlEncoding,
         valuesEncoding,
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/TestColumnChunkPageWriteStore.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/TestColumnChunkPageWriteStore.java
index 9a27defe15..c353ee3fe7 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/TestColumnChunkPageWriteStore.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/hadoop/TestColumnChunkPageWriteStore.java
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ public void test() throws Exception {
       assertEquals(r, intValue(page.getRepetitionLevels()));
       assertEquals(dataEncoding, page.getDataEncoding());
       assertEquals(v, intValue(page.getData()));
-      assertEquals(statistics.toString(), page.getStatistics().toString());
 
       // Checking column/offset indexes for the one page
       ColumnChunkMetaData column = footer.getBlocks().get(0).getColumns().get(0);