diff --git a/python/pyarrow/src/util/CMakeLists.txt b/python/pyarrow/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
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index 74141bebc8bf2..0000000000000
--- a/python/pyarrow/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
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@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you 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.
-
-#
-# arrow/python_test_main
-#
-
-if(PYARROW_BUILD_TESTS)
-  add_library(arrow/python_test_main STATIC test_main.cc)
-
-  if(APPLE)
-    target_link_libraries(arrow/python_test_main GTest::gtest dl)
-    set_target_properties(arrow/python_test_main PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS
-                                                            "-undefined dynamic_lookup")
-  else()
-    target_link_libraries(arrow/python_test_main GTest::gtest pthread dl)
-  endif()
-endif()
diff --git a/python/pyarrow/src/util/test_main.cc b/python/pyarrow/src/util/test_main.cc
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index 3ee1657e6440b..0000000000000
--- a/python/pyarrow/src/util/test_main.cc
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-// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-// distributed with this work for additional information
-// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-// to you 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 "../platform.h"
-
-#include <gtest/gtest.h>
-
-#include "../datetime.h"
-#include "../init.h"
-#include "../pyarrow.h"
-
-int main(int argc, char** argv) {
-  ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
-
-  Py_Initialize();
-  int ret = arrow_init_numpy();
-  if (ret != 0) {
-    return ret;
-  }
-  ::arrow::py::internal::InitDatetime();
-
-  ret = RUN_ALL_TESTS();
-
-  Py_Finalize();
-
-  return ret;
-}