diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4e034103c1..43932eaf13 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -108,12 +108,6 @@
             <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-<!--        <dependency>-->
-<!--            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>-->
-<!--            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>-->
-<!--            <version>2.0.5</version>-->
-<!--        </dependency>-->
-
         <!-- Trino SPI -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.trino</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/tiledb/TileDBMetadata.java b/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/tiledb/TileDBMetadata.java
index 2b95de90b7..532c5d44dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/tiledb/TileDBMetadata.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/tiledb/TileDBMetadata.java
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
 import static io.trino.plugin.tiledb.TileDBColumnProperties.getExtent;
 import static io.trino.plugin.tiledb.TileDBColumnProperties.getFilterList;
 import static io.trino.plugin.tiledb.TileDBColumnProperties.getLowerBound;
-import static io.trino.plugin.tiledb.TileDBColumnProperties.getNullable;
 import static io.trino.plugin.tiledb.TileDBColumnProperties.getUpperBound;
 import static io.trino.plugin.tiledb.TileDBErrorCode.TILEDB_CREATE_TABLE_ERROR;
 import static io.trino.plugin.tiledb.TileDBModule.tileDBTypeFromTrinoType;
@@ -438,7 +437,7 @@ public TileDBOutputTableHandle beginCreateArray(ConnectorSession session, Connec
                     if (filterPairs.isPresent()) {
                         attribute.setFilterList(Util.createTileDBFilterList(localCtx, filterPairs.get()));
                     }
-                    attribute.setNullable(getNullable(columnProperties));
+                    attribute.setNullable(column.isNullable());
                     arraySchema.addAttribute(attribute);
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/tiledb/TileDBPageSink.java b/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/tiledb/TileDBPageSink.java
index 63e2548d0f..f811c65b75 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/tiledb/TileDBPageSink.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/tiledb/TileDBPageSink.java
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ private void resetBuffers(Map<String, Pair<NativeArray, NativeArray>> buffers) t
         buffers.clear();
         query.resetBuffers();
 
-        validityMaps = new short[columnHandles.size()][maxBufferSize];
+        validityMaps = new short[columnHandles.size()][];
         // Loop through each column
         for (int channel = 0; channel < columnHandles.size(); channel++) {
             // Datatype
@@ -195,9 +195,16 @@ private void resetBuffers(Map<String, Pair<NativeArray, NativeArray>> buffers) t
             if (isVariableLength) {
                 offsets = new NativeArray(ctx, maxBufferSize, Datatype.TILEDB_UINT64);
             }
-            if (!columnHandle.getIsDimension()) {
-                Arrays.fill(validityMaps[channel], (short) 1); // all valid
+
+            // allocate validity buffers for nullable attributes only.
+            if (array.getSchema().hasAttribute(columnName)) {
+                Attribute attribute = array.getSchema().getAttribute(columnHandle.getColumnName());
+                if (attribute.getNullable()) {
+                    validityMaps[channel] = new short[maxBufferSize / type.getNativeSize()]; //allocate for the max amount of values
+                    Arrays.fill(validityMaps[channel], (short) 1); // all valid
+                }
             }
+
             buffers.put(columnName, new Pair<>(offsets, values));
         }
     }