diff --git a/arrow-array/src/array/byte_view_array.rs b/arrow-array/src/array/byte_view_array.rs
index 9eb59865177c..a35df0d200be 100644
--- a/arrow-array/src/array/byte_view_array.rs
+++ b/arrow-array/src/array/byte_view_array.rs
@@ -54,19 +54,6 @@ use super::ByteArrayType;
 ///
 /// [`ByteView`]: arrow_data::ByteView
 ///
-/// # Use the [`eq`] kernel to compare the logical content.
-///
-/// Comparing two `GenericByteViewArray` using PartialEq compares by structure
-/// (the `u128`s) and contents of the buffers, not by logical content. As there
-/// are many different buffer layouts to represent the same data (e.g. different
-/// offsets, different buffer sizes, etc) two arrays with the same data may not
-/// compare equal.
-///
-/// To compare the logical content of two `GenericByteViewArray`s, use the [`eq`]
-/// kernel.
-///
-/// [`eq`]: https://docs.rs/arrow/latest/arrow/compute/kernels/cmp/fn.eq.html
-///
 /// # Layout: "views" and buffers
 ///
 /// A `GenericByteViewArray` stores variable length byte strings. An array of
@@ -192,16 +179,6 @@ impl<T: ByteViewType + ?Sized> Clone for GenericByteViewArray<T> {
     }
 }
 
-// PartialEq
-impl<T: ByteViewType + ?Sized> PartialEq for GenericByteViewArray<T> {
-    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-        other.data_type.eq(&self.data_type)
-            && other.views.eq(&self.views)
-            && other.buffers.eq(&self.buffers)
-            && other.nulls.eq(&self.nulls)
-    }
-}
-
 impl<T: ByteViewType + ?Sized> GenericByteViewArray<T> {
     /// Create a new [`GenericByteViewArray`] from the provided parts, panicking on failure
     ///
@@ -1065,6 +1042,6 @@ mod tests {
         };
         assert_eq!(array1, array1.clone());
         assert_eq!(array2, array2.clone());
-        assert_ne!(array1, array2);
+        assert_eq!(array1, array2);
     }
 }
diff --git a/arrow-array/src/array/mod.rs b/arrow-array/src/array/mod.rs
index 7ca59680a6fe..4a9e54a60789 100644
--- a/arrow-array/src/array/mod.rs
+++ b/arrow-array/src/array/mod.rs
@@ -654,6 +654,12 @@ impl PartialEq for StructArray {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: ByteViewType + ?Sized> PartialEq for GenericByteViewArray<T> {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        self.to_data().eq(&other.to_data())
+    }
+}
+
 /// Constructs an array using the input `data`.
 /// Returns a reference-counted `Array` instance.
 pub fn make_array(data: ArrayData) -> ArrayRef {