diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 2e0c9d4e1e..a2e8da964a 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ jobs:
       displayName: "Which python"
 
     - script: |
-        python -m pip install -U numpy "pyarrow>=0.16.0,<1" pip
+        python -m pip install -U numpy "pyarrow>=2" pip
       displayName: "Python deps"
 
     - script: npm install -g yarn
@@ -202,7 +202,10 @@ jobs:
     - script: yarn
       displayName: 'Install Deps'
 
-    - script: yarn build_python  --ci $(python_flag)
+    - script: choco install flatc
+      displayName: "Install Flatbuffers"
+
+    - script: yarn build_python --ci $(python_flag)
       displayName: 'build'
       env:
         # Set `BOOST_ROOT` manually, as `BOOST_ROOT` is removed in the VM:
@@ -256,7 +259,7 @@ jobs:
         versionSpec: '12.x'
 
     - script: |
-        brew install boost
+        brew install boost flatbuffers
       displayName: "System deps"
 
     - script: |
@@ -266,8 +269,15 @@ jobs:
       displayName: "Which python"
 
     - script: |
-        python -m pip install -U delocate wheel numpy "pyarrow>=0.16.0,<1" pip
-      displayName: "Python deps"
+        python -m pip install -U delocate wheel numpy "pyarrow>=2" pip
+      displayName: "Python 3 deps"
+      condition: eq(variables['python_flag'], '')
+    
+    # Last released PyArrow version on Python 2 is 0.16.0
+    - script: |
+        python -m pip install -U delocate wheel numpy "pyarrow==0.16.0" pip
+      displayName: "Python 2 deps"
+      condition: eq(variables['python_flag'], '--python2')
 
     - script: npm install -g yarn
       displayName: "Install Yarn"
diff --git a/binder/requirements.txt b/binder/requirements.txt
index ce4d169c93..54b02f8dee 100644
--- a/binder/requirements.txt
+++ b/binder/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ipywidgets==7.5.1
 jupyterlab==2.2.8
 pandas==0.25.3
-pyarrow==0.17.1
+pyarrow==2.0.0
 voila==0.2.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/arrow.txt.in b/cmake/arrow.txt.in
index 208d4a1eb2..d8da63f81b 100644
--- a/cmake/arrow.txt.in
+++ b/cmake/arrow.txt.in
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ ExternalProject_Add(apachearrow
   BUILD_COMMAND     ""
   INSTALL_COMMAND   ""
   TEST_COMMAND      ""
-  CMAKE_ARGS        "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}"
+  CMAKE_ARGS        "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE} -DFLATBUFFERS_BUILD_TESTS=OFF"
 )
diff --git a/cmake/arrow/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/arrow/CMakeLists.txt
index 51c11ac7f9..221770ce32 100644
--- a/cmake/arrow/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/arrow/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -101,6 +101,28 @@ set(ARROW_SRCS
     ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/src/arrow/ipc/options.cc
     ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/src/arrow/ipc/writer.cc)
 
+if (PSP_PYTHON_BUILD)
+    set(ARROW_SRCS
+        ${ARROW_SRCS}
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/src/arrow/datum.cc
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/src/arrow/io/file.cc
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/src/arrow/tensor/coo_converter.cc
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/src/arrow/tensor/csf_converter.cc
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/src/arrow/tensor/csx_converter.cc
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/src/arrow/util/formatting.cc
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/src/arrow/util/time.cc
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/src/arrow/vendored/double-conversion/bignum-dtoa.cc
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/src/arrow/vendored/double-conversion/fast-dtoa.cc
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/src/arrow/vendored/double-conversion/fixed-dtoa.cc
+    )
+
+    if(WIN32)
+        set(ARROW_SRCS
+            ${ARROW_SRCS}
+            ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/src/arrow/vendored/musl/strptime.c)
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 set_property(SOURCE util/io_util.cc
            APPEND_STRING
            PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " -Wno-unused-macros -stdlib=libc++")
@@ -130,13 +152,17 @@ set(FBS_SRC
     ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/src/arrow/ipc/feather.fbs)
 
 include_directories(src)
+
+# Build Arrow as a static library
 set(ARROW_BUILD_STATIC ON)
 if (PSP_WASM_BUILD)
     set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE OFF)
 elseif(PSP_CPP_BUILD OR PSP_PYTHON_BUILD)
     set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 endif()
+
 add_library(arrow STATIC ${ARROW_SRCS})
+
 target_compile_definitions(arrow PUBLIC ARROW_NO_DEPRECATED_API)
 target_compile_definitions(arrow PUBLIC ARROW_STATIC)
 
diff --git a/cmake/date.txt.in b/cmake/date.txt.in
index 6e476bfbbc..6e39696135 100644
--- a/cmake/date.txt.in
+++ b/cmake/date.txt.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ project(date-download NONE)
 include(ExternalProject)
 ExternalProject_Add(date
   GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/HowardHinnant/date.git
-  GIT_TAG           master
+  GIT_TAG           v3.0.0
   SOURCE_DIR        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/date-src"
   BINARY_DIR        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/date-build"
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
diff --git a/cmake/flatbuffers.txt.in b/cmake/flatbuffers.txt.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..754a9c9e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/flatbuffers.txt.in
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7.2)
+
+project(flatbuffers-download NONE)
+
+include(ExternalProject)
+ExternalProject_Add(flatbuffers
+  GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/google/flatbuffers.git
+  GIT_TAG           v1.12.0
+  SOURCE_DIR        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/flatbuffers-src"
+  BINARY_DIR        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/flatbuffers-build"
+  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+  BUILD_COMMAND     ""
+  INSTALL_COMMAND   ""
+  TEST_COMMAND      ""
+  CMAKE_ARGS        "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}"
+)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindFlatbuffers.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindFlatbuffers.cmake
index 42cfe75438..3c77572686 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindFlatbuffers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindFlatbuffers.cmake
@@ -22,26 +22,48 @@
 # FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR, directory containing headers
 # FLATBUFFERS_STATIC_LIB, path to flatbuffers's static library
 # FLATBUFFERS_COMPILER, path to flatc compiler
+#
+# TODO: [01-15-2021] now that we use Flatbuffers on all platforms, it might be
+# a good time to figure out how we can install Flatbuffers as a dependency
+# inside our CMakeLists (we would just need to build the flatc executable
+# before our Arrow build starts). Right now, I've put in some hacks to make
+# sure our Windows build works on Azure by pre-installing flatc (like we do on
+# all other platforms), and then pulling down the headers for Windows so they
+# can be included.
 
 # this might fail
 # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/19120
-find_path(FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h
-  PATHS ${FLATBUFFERS_ROOT}/include
-  HINTS /usr/local /usr/local/flatbuffers /usr/local/Homebrew /usr ~/homebrew/ /usr/local/include /usr/local/flatbuffers/include /usr/include ~/homebrew/include
-  NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH
-  NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH)
+if (WIN32)
+  find_path(FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h
+    PATHS ${FLATBUFFERS_ROOT}/include)
+
+  find_program(FLATBUFFERS_COMPILER flatc
+    PATHS ${FLATBUFFERS_ROOT}/bin)
+else()
+  find_path(FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h
+    PATHS ${FLATBUFFERS_ROOT}/include
+    HINTS /usr/local /usr/local/flatbuffers /usr/local/Homebrew /usr ~/homebrew/ /usr/local/include /usr/local/flatbuffers/include /usr/include ~/homebrew/include
+    NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH
+    NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH)
 
-find_program(FLATBUFFERS_COMPILER flatc
-  PATHS ${FLATBUFFERS_ROOT}/bin
-  HINTS /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /usr/local/Homebrew/bin ~/homebrew/bin
-  NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH
-  NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH)
+  find_program(FLATBUFFERS_COMPILER flatc
+    PATHS ${FLATBUFFERS_ROOT}/bin
+    HINTS /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /usr/local/Homebrew/bin ~/homebrew/bin
+    NO_CMAKE_SYSTEM_PATH
+    NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH)
 
-if(NOT ${FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR})
-  # HACK
-  set(FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR /usr/local/include)
+  if(NOT ${FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR})
+    # HACK
+    set(FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR /usr/local/include)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(FLATBUFFERS REQUIRED_VARS
-  FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR FLATBUFFERS_COMPILER)
\ No newline at end of file
+
+if (WIN32)
+  find_package_handle_standard_args(Flatbuffers REQUIRED_VARS
+    FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR FLATBUFFERS_COMPILER)
+else()
+  find_package_handle_standard_args(FLATBUFFERS REQUIRED_VARS
+    FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR FLATBUFFERS_COMPILER)
+endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindPyArrow.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindPyArrow.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index c832d926da..0000000000
--- a/cmake/modules/FindPyArrow.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-# Find the Python PyArrow package
-# PYTHON_PYARROW_INCLUDE_DIR
-# PYTHON_PYARROW_FOUND
-# PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARY_DIR
-# PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARIES
-# will be set by this script
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
-
-# Find out the include path
-execute_process(
-  COMMAND "${Python_EXECUTABLE}" -c
-          "from __future__ import print_function\ntry: import pyarrow; print(pyarrow.get_include(), end='')\nexcept:pass"
-          OUTPUT_VARIABLE __pyarrow_path)
-
-# And the lib dirs
-execute_process(
-  COMMAND "${Python_EXECUTABLE}" -c
-          "from __future__ import print_function\ntry: import pyarrow; print(pyarrow.get_library_dirs()[0], end='')\nexcept:pass"
-  OUTPUT_VARIABLE __pyarrow_library_dirs)
-
-# And the lib dirs
-execute_process(
-  COMMAND "${Python_EXECUTABLE}" -c
-          "from __future__ import print_function\ntry: import pyarrow; print(' '.join(pyarrow.get_libraries()), end='')\nexcept:pass"
-  OUTPUT_VARIABLE __pyarrow_libraries)
-
-  # And the version
-execute_process(
-  COMMAND "${Python_EXECUTABLE}" -c
-          "from __future__ import print_function\ntry: import pyarrow; print(pyarrow.__version__, end='')\nexcept:pass"
-  OUTPUT_VARIABLE __pyarrow_version)
-
-  find_path(PYTHON_PYARROW_INCLUDE_DIR arrow/python/api.h
-  HINTS "${__pyarrow_path}" "${PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH}" NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-
-set(PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARY_DIR ${__pyarrow_library_dirs})
-
-# Figure out the major version for the .so/.dylibs
-string(REPLACE "." ";" PYARROW_VERSION_LIST ${__pyarrow_version})
-list(GET PYARROW_VERSION_LIST 0 PYARROW_VERSION_MAJOR)
-list(GET PYARROW_VERSION_LIST 1 PYARROW_VERSION_MINOR)
-list(GET PYARROW_VERSION_LIST 2 PYARROW_VERSION_PATCH)
-
-if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
-  # windows its just "arrow.dll"
-  set(PYTHON_PYARROW_PYTHON_SHARED_LIBRARY "arrow_python")
-  set(PYTHON_PYARROW_ARROW_SHARED_LIBRARY "arrow")
-elseif (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin" AND ${PYARROW_VERSION_MAJOR} EQUAL "0")
-  # Link against pre-built libarrow on MacOS
-  set(PYTHON_PYARROW_PYTHON_SHARED_LIBRARY ${PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}arrow_python.${PYARROW_VERSION_MINOR}.dylib)
-  set(PYTHON_PYARROW_ARROW_SHARED_LIBRARY ${PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}arrow.${PYARROW_VERSION_MINOR}.dylib)
-elseif (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")
-  # Link against pre-built libarrow on MacOS
-  set(PYTHON_PYARROW_PYTHON_SHARED_LIBRARY ${PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}arrow_python.${PYARROW_VERSION_MAJOR}00.dylib)
-  set(PYTHON_PYARROW_ARROW_SHARED_LIBRARY ${PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}arrow.${PYARROW_VERSION_MAJOR}00.dylib)
-elseif (${PYARROW_VERSION_MAJOR} EQUAL "0")
-  set(PYTHON_PYARROW_PYTHON_SHARED_LIBRARY ${PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}arrow_python${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}.${PYARROW_VERSION_MINOR})
-  set(PYTHON_PYARROW_ARROW_SHARED_LIBRARY ${PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}arrow${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}.${PYARROW_VERSION_MINOR})
-else()
-  # linux
-  set(PYTHON_PYARROW_PYTHON_SHARED_LIBRARY ${PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}arrow_python${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}.${PYARROW_VERSION_MAJOR}00)
-  set(PYTHON_PYARROW_ARROW_SHARED_LIBRARY ${PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}arrow${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}.${PYARROW_VERSION_MAJOR}00)
-endif()
-
-set(PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARIES ${PYTHON_PYARROW_PYTHON_SHARED_LIBRARY} ${PYTHON_PYARROW_ARROW_SHARED_LIBRARY})
-
-if(PYTHON_PYARROW_INCLUDE_DIR AND PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARIES)
-  set(PYTHON_PYARROW_FOUND 1 CACHE INTERNAL "Python pyarrow found")
-endif()
-
-
-# set(PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARIES ${PYTHON_PYARROW_PYTHON_SHARED_LIBRARY} ${PYTHON_PYARROW_ARROW_SHARED_LIBRARY})
-# else()
-# # linux
-# set(PYTHON_PYARROW_PYTHON_SHARED_LIBRARY ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}arrow_python${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}.${PYARROW_VERSION_MINOR})
-# set(PYTHON_PYARROW_ARROW_SHARED_LIBRARY ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}arrow${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}.${PYARROW_VERSION_MINOR})
-
-
-
-include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(PyArrow REQUIRED_VARS PYTHON_PYARROW_INCLUDE_DIR PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARIES PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARY_DIR
-                                        VERSION_VAR __pyarrow_version)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindPybind.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindPybind.cmake
index cb31165cd0..e67e74a3d5 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindPybind.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindPybind.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Find the Python PyArrow package
+# Find the Python PyBind package
 # PYTHON_PYBIND_INCLUDE_DIR
 # PYTHON_PYBIND_FOUND
 # will be set by this script
diff --git a/cpp/perspective/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/perspective/CMakeLists.txt
index d89f6e1761..e650ae902d 100644
--- a/cpp/perspective/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/perspective/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ function (psp_build_message message)
 	set(BUILD_MESSAGE "${BUILD_MESSAGE}\n${message}")
 endfunction()
 
-###############################
-# Helper to grab dependencies #
-###############################
+###################################################
+# Helper to grab dependencies from remote sources #
+###################################################
 function (psp_build_dep name cmake_file)
 	if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${name}-build)
 		psp_build_message("${Cyan}Dependency found - not rebuilding - ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${name}-build${ColorReset}")
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function (psp_build_dep name cmake_file)
 	endif()
 
 	if(${name} STREQUAL arrow)
-		# Overwrite arrow's CMakeLists with our custom, minimal one
+		# Overwrite arrow's CMakeLists with our custom, minimal CMakeLists.
 		configure_file(${PSP_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/arrow/CMakeLists.txt ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/ COPYONLY)
 		configure_file(${PSP_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/arrow/config.h ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/src/arrow/util/ COPYONLY)
 		add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/arrow-src/cpp/
@@ -222,9 +222,6 @@ if (PSP_WASM_BUILD)
     # Include this docker-only directory.
 	include_directories("/boost_includes")
 
-    # Build Rapidjson as it is used in the minimal arrow to be built later.
-	psp_build_dep("rapidjson" "${PSP_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/rapidjson.txt.in")
-
 	set(EXTENDED_FLAGS " \
 		--bind \
 		--source-map-base ./build/ \
@@ -315,7 +312,9 @@ elseif(PSP_CPP_BUILD OR PSP_PYTHON_BUILD)
 		endif()
 	endif()
 
+	# Boost is a system dependency and must be present and built on the system.
 	find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
+
 	if(NOT Boost_FOUND)
 		message(FATAL_ERROR "${Red}Boost could not be located${ColorReset}")
 	else()
@@ -323,7 +322,10 @@ elseif(PSP_CPP_BUILD OR PSP_PYTHON_BUILD)
 		include_directories( ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
 	endif()
 
+	# TBB is a dependency that we can build as part of our build process, so it
+	# does not necessarily have to be present before Perspective is built.
 	find_package(TBB)
+
 	if(NOT TBB_FOUND)
 		psp_build_message("${Red}TBB could not be located - building TBB from external source ${ColorReset}")
 		psp_build_dep("tbb" "${PSP_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/TBB.txt.in")
@@ -415,17 +417,6 @@ elseif(PSP_CPP_BUILD OR PSP_PYTHON_BUILD)
 			psp_build_message("${Cyan}Numpy found: ${PYTHON_NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR}${ColorReset}")
 			include_directories( ${PYTHON_NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR})
 		endif()
-
-		find_package(PyArrow REQUIRED)
-
-		if(NOT PYTHON_PYARROW_FOUND)
-			message(FATAL_ERROR "${Red}PyArrow could not be located${ColorReset}")
-		else()
-			psp_build_message("${Cyan}PyArrow found: PYTHON_PYARROW_INCLUDE_DIR - ${PYTHON_PYARROW_INCLUDE_DIR}${ColorReset}")
-			psp_build_message("${Cyan}Using pre-built ${PYTHON_PYARROW_PYTHON_SHARED_LIBRARY} ${PYTHON_PYARROW_ARROW_SHARED_LIBRARY} from: ${PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARY_DIR}${ColorReset}")
-			include_directories(${PYTHON_PYARROW_INCLUDE_DIR})
-			link_directories(${PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARY_DIR})
-		endif()
 		#####################
 	endif()
 endif()
@@ -435,21 +426,29 @@ psp_build_dep("date" "${PSP_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/date.txt.in")
 psp_build_dep("hopscotch" "${PSP_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/hopscotch.txt.in")
 psp_build_dep("ordered-map" "${PSP_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/ordered-map.txt.in")
 
-# For WASM/CPP build, build minimal arrow from source
-if (NOT PSP_PYTHON_BUILD)
-	# build arrow + dependencies from source for Emscripten and C++
-	message("${Cyan}Building minimal Apache Arrow${ColorReset}")
+# Build minimal arrow for both Emscripten and Python
+message("${Cyan}Building minimal Apache Arrow${ColorReset}")
 
-	psp_build_dep("double-conversion" "${PSP_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/double-conversion.txt.in")
-	psp_build_dep("arrow" "${PSP_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/arrow.txt.in")
+# Build arrow dependencies
+psp_build_dep("rapidjson" "${PSP_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/rapidjson.txt.in")
+psp_build_dep("double-conversion" "${PSP_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/double-conversion.txt.in")
 
-	find_package(Flatbuffers)
-	if(NOT FLATBUFFERS_FOUND)
-		message(FATAL_ERROR"${Red}Flatbuffers could not be located${ColorReset}")
-	else()
-		psp_build_message("${Cyan}Found Flatbuffers in ${FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR}${ColorReset}")
-		include_directories( ${FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR} )
-	endif()
+# FIXME: this is a hack to get Flatbuffers working on Azure Win64 by making the
+# headers accessible. The actual flatc executable is installed using
+# Chocolatey for our Azure Windows job.
+if (WIN32)
+	psp_build_dep("flatbuffers" "${PSP_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/flatbuffers.txt.in")
+endif()
+
+# Build minimal arrow itself
+psp_build_dep("arrow" "${PSP_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/arrow.txt.in")
+
+find_package(Flatbuffers)
+if(NOT FLATBUFFERS_FOUND)
+	message(FATAL_ERROR"${Red}Flatbuffers could not be located${ColorReset}")
+else()
+	psp_build_message("${Cyan}Found Flatbuffers in ${FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR}${ColorReset}")
+	include_directories( ${FLATBUFFERS_INCLUDE_DIR} )
 endif()
 
 #####################
@@ -593,14 +592,14 @@ if (PSP_WASM_BUILD)
 	add_executable(perspective.async src/cpp/emscripten.cpp)
 	target_link_libraries(perspective.async psp "${ASYNC_MODE_FLAGS}")
 	target_compile_definitions(perspective.async PRIVATE PSP_ENABLE_WASM=1)
+
 	set_target_properties(perspective.async PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${ASYNC_MODE_FLAGS}")
 	set_target_properties(perspective.async PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "./build/")
 	set_target_properties(perspective.async PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "psp.async")
 elseif(PSP_CPP_BUILD OR PSP_PYTHON_BUILD)
     if(NOT WIN32)
 		set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX .so)
-		# Look for the binary using @loader_path (relative to binary location) instead of @rpath
-		# and include arrow in @rpath so it can be found by libbinding/libpsp
+		# Look for the binary using @loader_path (relative to binary location)
         set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH TRUE)
         set(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH FALSE)
 		set(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH TRUE)
@@ -635,25 +634,19 @@ elseif(PSP_CPP_BUILD OR PSP_PYTHON_BUILD)
 
 			# .dll not importable
 			set_property(TARGET binding PROPERTY SUFFIX .pyd)
-        elseif (MACOS OR NOT MANYLINUX)
-			target_compile_options(binding PRIVATE -Wdeprecated-declarations)
-
-			# Add a relative path to search for PyArrow - when Perspective is
-			# installed from a wheel, PyArrow may not be in the same directory
-			# as the PyArrow which was used to build the wheel.
-			#
-			# Assuming that both Pyarrow and Perspective are installed in
-			# `site-packages`, the relative search path should be able to pick
-            # up pyarrow. This is only enabled for *nix (non-manylinux), as `auditwheel`
-			# will not delocate libarrow properly if it is in the rpath.
-            set_property(TARGET psp PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH ${CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH} ${module_origin_path} ${module_origin_path}../../pyarrow/ ${PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARY_DIR} ${PSP_PYTHON_ARROWINSTALLDIR})
-            set_property(TARGET binding PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH ${CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH} ${module_origin_path} ${module_origin_path}../../pyarrow/ ${PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARY_DIR} ${PSP_PYTHON_ARROWINSTALLDIR})
 		else()
 			target_compile_options(binding PRIVATE -Wdeprecated-declarations)
 		endif()
 
-		target_link_libraries(psp ${PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARIES})
-		target_link_libraries(binding ${PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARIES})
+		# python 2.7 build on manylinux needs -lrt for access to time functions,
+		# otherwise we get an "undefined symbol: clock_gettime" error when
+		# building minimal arrow.
+		if (PSP_PYTHON_BUILD AND MANYLINUX AND PSP_PYTHON_VERSION STREQUAL "2.7")
+			target_link_libraries(psp rt)
+		endif()
+
+		# Link against minimal arrow static library
+		target_link_libraries(psp arrow)
 
 		target_link_libraries(psp tbb)
 		target_link_libraries(binding tbb)
@@ -668,10 +661,6 @@ elseif(PSP_CPP_BUILD OR PSP_PYTHON_BUILD)
 		add_custom_command(TARGET binding POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:binding> ${PSP_PYTHON_SRC}/table/)
 
 		if(WIN32)
-			# inline arrow dlls
-			file(GLOB ARROW_DLLS "${PYTHON_PYARROW_LIBRARY_DIR}/*.dll")
-
-			add_custom_command(TARGET binding POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${ARROW_DLLS} ${PSP_PYTHON_SRC}/table/)
 			if(NOT TBB_FOUND)
 				add_custom_command(TARGET binding POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:tbb> ${PSP_PYTHON_SRC}/table/)
 			endif()
@@ -679,8 +668,6 @@ elseif(PSP_CPP_BUILD OR PSP_PYTHON_BUILD)
 		########################
 	else()
 		add_library(psp SHARED ${WASM_SOURCE_FILES})
-
-		# Link perspective against custom-built minimal arrow
 		target_link_libraries(psp arrow)
 	endif()
 
diff --git a/docker/python/manylinux2010/Dockerfile b/docker/python/manylinux2010/Dockerfile
index d82b996479..7c956aabde 100644
--- a/docker/python/manylinux2010/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/python/manylinux2010/Dockerfile
@@ -53,18 +53,10 @@ RUN tar xfz boost_1_71_0.tar.gz
 RUN cd boost_1_71_0 && ./bootstrap.sh
 RUN cd boost_1_71_0 && ./b2 -j8 --with-program_options --with-filesystem --with-system install 
 
-RUN python2.7 -m pip install 'numpy>=1.13.1' 'pandas>=0.22.0' git+https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/gyp
-RUN python3.6 -m pip install 'numpy>=1.13.1' 'pandas>=0.22.0'
-RUN python3.7 -m pip install 'numpy>=1.13.1' 'pandas>=0.22.0'
-RUN python3.8 -m pip install 'numpy>=1.13.1' 'pandas>=0.22.0'
-
-# install pyarrow
-RUN wget https://github.com/apache/arrow/archive/apache-arrow-0.16.0.tar.gz >/dev/null 2>&1  || echo "wget arrow failed"
-RUN tar xfz apache-arrow-0.16.0.tar.gz
-RUN cd arrow-apache-arrow-0.16.0 && mkdir build && cd build && cmake ../cpp/ -DPython_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS=2.7 -DARROW_RPATH_ORIGIN=ON -DARROW_PYTHON=ON -DARROW_FLIGHT=OFF -DARROW_IPC=ON -DARROW_COMPUTE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DARROW_DATASET=OFF -DARROW_BUILD_UTILITIES=OFF -DARROW_JEMALLOC=OFF -DARROW_DEPENDENCY_SOURCE=BUNDLED -DARROW_HDFS=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BACKTRACE=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BROTLI=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BZ2=OFF -DARROW_WITH_LZ4=OFF -DARROW_WITH_SNAPPY=OFF -DARROW_WITH_ZLIB=OFF -DARROW_WITH_ZSTD=OFF && make -j2 && sudo make install && cd ../python && PYARROW_BUNDLE_ARROW_CPP=1 sudo python2.7 setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record RECORD 
-RUN cd arrow-apache-arrow-0.16.0 && rm -rf build && mkdir build && cd build && cmake ../cpp/ -DPython_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS=3.6 -DARROW_RPATH_ORIGIN=ON -DARROW_PYTHON=ON -DARROW_FLIGHT=OFF -DARROW_IPC=ON -DARROW_COMPUTE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DARROW_DATASET=OFF -DARROW_BUILD_UTILITIES=OFF -DARROW_JEMALLOC=OFF -DARROW_DEPENDENCY_SOURCE=BUNDLED -DARROW_HDFS=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BACKTRACE=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BROTLI=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BZ2=OFF -DARROW_WITH_LZ4=OFF -DARROW_WITH_SNAPPY=OFF -DARROW_WITH_ZLIB=OFF -DARROW_WITH_ZSTD=OFF && make -j2 && sudo make install && cd ../python && PYARROW_BUNDLE_ARROW_CPP=1 sudo python3.6 setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record RECORD 
-RUN cd arrow-apache-arrow-0.16.0 && rm -rf build && mkdir build && cd build && cmake ../cpp/ -DPython_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS=3.7 -DARROW_RPATH_ORIGIN=ON -DARROW_PYTHON=ON -DARROW_FLIGHT=OFF -DARROW_IPC=ON -DARROW_COMPUTE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DARROW_DATASET=OFF -DARROW_BUILD_UTILITIES=OFF -DARROW_JEMALLOC=OFF -DARROW_DEPENDENCY_SOURCE=BUNDLED -DARROW_HDFS=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BACKTRACE=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BROTLI=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BZ2=OFF -DARROW_WITH_LZ4=OFF -DARROW_WITH_SNAPPY=OFF -DARROW_WITH_ZLIB=OFF -DARROW_WITH_ZSTD=OFF && make -j2 && sudo make install && cd ../python && PYARROW_BUNDLE_ARROW_CPP=1 sudo python3.7 setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record RECORD 
-RUN cd arrow-apache-arrow-0.16.0 && rm -rf build && mkdir build && cd build && cmake ../cpp/ -DPython_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS=3.8 -DARROW_RPATH_ORIGIN=ON -DARROW_PYTHON=ON -DARROW_FLIGHT=OFF -DARROW_IPC=ON -DARROW_COMPUTE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DARROW_DATASET=OFF -DARROW_BUILD_UTILITIES=OFF -DARROW_JEMALLOC=OFF -DARROW_DEPENDENCY_SOURCE=BUNDLED -DARROW_HDFS=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BACKTRACE=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BROTLI=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BZ2=OFF -DARROW_WITH_LZ4=OFF -DARROW_WITH_SNAPPY=OFF -DARROW_WITH_ZLIB=OFF -DARROW_WITH_ZSTD=OFF && make -j2 && sudo make install && cd ../python && PYARROW_BUNDLE_ARROW_CPP=1 sudo python3.8 setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record RECORD 
+RUN python2.7 -m pip install 'numpy>=1.13.1' 'pandas>=0.22.0' 'pyarrow>=0.16.0' git+https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/gyp
+RUN python3.6 -m pip install 'numpy>=1.13.1' 'pandas>=0.22.0' 'pyarrow>=2.0.0'
+RUN python3.7 -m pip install 'numpy>=1.13.1' 'pandas>=0.22.0' 'pyarrow>=2.0.0'
+RUN python3.8 -m pip install 'numpy>=1.13.1' 'pandas>=0.22.0' 'pyarrow>=2.0.0'
 
 # install node
 RUN curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo bash -
diff --git a/docker/python/manylinux2014/Dockerfile b/docker/python/manylinux2014/Dockerfile
index 183145381e..7ec5b1f843 100644
--- a/docker/python/manylinux2014/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/python/manylinux2014/Dockerfile
@@ -50,16 +50,9 @@ RUN tar xfz boost_1_71_0.tar.gz
 RUN cd boost_1_71_0 && ./bootstrap.sh
 RUN cd boost_1_71_0 && ./b2 -j8 --with-program_options --with-filesystem --with-system install 
 
-RUN python3.6 -m pip install 'numpy>=1.13.1' 'pandas>=0.22.0'
-RUN python3.7 -m pip install 'numpy>=1.13.1' 'pandas>=0.22.0'
-RUN python3.8 -m pip install 'numpy>=1.13.1' 'pandas>=0.22.0'
-
-# install pyarrow
-RUN wget https://github.com/apache/arrow/archive/apache-arrow-0.16.0.tar.gz >/dev/null 2>&1  || echo "wget arrow failed"
-RUN tar xfz apache-arrow-0.16.0.tar.gz
-RUN cd arrow-apache-arrow-0.16.0 && mkdir build && cd build && cmake ../cpp/ -DPython_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS=3.7 -DARROW_RPATH_ORIGIN=ON -DARROW_PYTHON=ON -DARROW_FLIGHT=OFF -DARROW_IPC=ON -DARROW_COMPUTE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DARROW_DATASET=OFF -DARROW_BUILD_UTILITIES=OFF -DARROW_JEMALLOC=OFF -DARROW_DEPENDENCY_SOURCE=BUNDLED -DARROW_HDFS=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BACKTRACE=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BROTLI=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BZ2=OFF -DARROW_WITH_LZ4=OFF -DARROW_WITH_SNAPPY=OFF -DARROW_WITH_ZLIB=OFF -DARROW_WITH_ZSTD=OFF && make -j2 && sudo make install && cd ../python && PYARROW_BUNDLE_ARROW_CPP=1 sudo python3.7 setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record RECORD 
-RUN cd arrow-apache-arrow-0.16.0 && rm -rf build && mkdir build && cd build && cmake ../cpp/ -DPython_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS=3.6 -DARROW_RPATH_ORIGIN=ON -DARROW_PYTHON=ON -DARROW_FLIGHT=OFF -DARROW_IPC=ON -DARROW_COMPUTE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DARROW_DATASET=OFF -DARROW_BUILD_UTILITIES=OFF -DARROW_JEMALLOC=OFF -DARROW_DEPENDENCY_SOURCE=BUNDLED -DARROW_HDFS=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BACKTRACE=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BROTLI=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BZ2=OFF -DARROW_WITH_LZ4=OFF -DARROW_WITH_SNAPPY=OFF -DARROW_WITH_ZLIB=OFF -DARROW_WITH_ZSTD=OFF && make -j2 && sudo make install && cd ../python && PYARROW_BUNDLE_ARROW_CPP=1 sudo python3.6 setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record RECORD 
-RUN cd arrow-apache-arrow-0.16.0 && rm -rf build && mkdir build && cd build && cmake ../cpp/ -DPython_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS=3.8 -DARROW_RPATH_ORIGIN=ON -DARROW_PYTHON=ON -DARROW_FLIGHT=OFF -DARROW_IPC=ON -DARROW_COMPUTE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DARROW_DATASET=OFF -DARROW_BUILD_UTILITIES=OFF -DARROW_JEMALLOC=OFF -DARROW_DEPENDENCY_SOURCE=BUNDLED -DARROW_HDFS=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BACKTRACE=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BROTLI=OFF -DARROW_WITH_BZ2=OFF -DARROW_WITH_LZ4=OFF -DARROW_WITH_SNAPPY=OFF -DARROW_WITH_ZLIB=OFF -DARROW_WITH_ZSTD=OFF && make -j2 && sudo make install && cd ../python && PYARROW_BUNDLE_ARROW_CPP=1 sudo python3.8 setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record RECORD 
+RUN python3.6 -m pip install 'numpy>=1.13.1' 'pandas>=0.22.0' 'pyarrow>=2.0.0'
+RUN python3.7 -m pip install 'numpy>=1.13.1' 'pandas>=0.22.0' 'pyarrow>=2.0.0'
+RUN python3.8 -m pip install 'numpy>=1.13.1' 'pandas>=0.22.0' 'pyarrow>=2.0.0'
 
 # install node
 RUN curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo bash -
diff --git a/docs/md/development.md b/docs/md/development.md
index ba9bdc5af9..1e1fac7c57 100644
--- a/docs/md/development.md
+++ b/docs/md/development.md
@@ -47,29 +47,32 @@ yarn start simple
 #### Docker
 
 [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/install/) images with pre-built development
-environments are provided for the Javascript and Python libraries.
+environments are provided for the Python libraries.
 
 To build Perspective using Docker, select the option in `yarn setup`.
 
+### System Dependencies
+
+`Perspective.js` and `perspective-python` **require** the following system dependencies to be installed:
+
+- [CMake](https://cmake.org/) (version 3.15.4 or higher)
+- [Boost](https://www.boost.org/) (version 1.67 or higher, must be built - not header-only)
+- [Flatbuffers](https://google.github.io/flatbuffers/flatbuffers_guide_building.html)
+
 ## `Perspective.js`
 
 To build the JavaScript library, which includes WebAssembly compilation,
 [Emscripten](https://github.com/kripken/emscripten) and its prerequisites are
-required. A Docker image is provided with the correct environment and
-prerequisites.
-
-#### System Dependencies
+required.
 
-Perspective requires some system dependencies to be installed before it can be
-built using Emscripten:
-
-- [CMake](https://cmake.org/) (version 3.15.4 or higher)
-- [Boost](https://www.boost.org/) (version 1.67 or higher)
-- [Flatbuffers](https://google.github.io/flatbuffers/flatbuffers_guide_building.html)
+`Perspective.js` specifies its Emscripten version dependency in `package.json`,
+and the correct version of Emscripten will be installed with other JS
+dependencies by running `yarn`.
 
 #### Building via local EMSDK
 
-To build using local Emscripten,
+To build using an Emscripten install on your local system and not the
+Emscripten bundled with Perspective in its `package.json`,
 [install](https://emscripten.org/docs/getting_started/downloads.html) the
 Emscripten SDK, then activate and export the latest `emsdk` environment via
 [`emsdk_env.sh`](https://github.com/juj/emsdk):
@@ -78,14 +81,14 @@ Emscripten SDK, then activate and export the latest `emsdk` environment via
 source emsdk/emsdk_env.sh
 ```
 
-We currently use Emscripten version `1.39.13` — deviating from this specific
+We currently use Emscripten version `2.0.6` — deviating from this specific
 version of Emscripten can introduce various errors that are extremely difficult
 to debug.
 
 To install this specific version of Emscripten:
 
 ```bash
-./emsdk install 1.39.13
+./emsdk install 2.0.6
 ```
 
 ## `perspective-python`
@@ -104,14 +107,6 @@ To build the Python 2 version of the library, use the `--python2` flag:
 yarn build --python2
 ```
 
-### System Dependencies
-
-`perspective-python` requires the following system dependencies to be installed before it can be
-built from source:
-
-- [CMake](https://cmake.org/) (version 3.15.4 or higher)
-- [Boost](https://www.boost.org/) (version 1.67 or higher)
-
 ## System-Specific Instructions
 
 ### MacOS/OSX
@@ -175,7 +170,7 @@ You can run the test suite simply with the standard NPM command, which will both
 build the test suite for every package and run them.
 
 ```bash
-yarn test
+yarn test [--debug]
 ```
 
 A test name regex can be passed to `jest` via the same `-t` flag:
@@ -243,10 +238,7 @@ Verbosity in the tests can be enabled with the `--verbose` flag.
 ### Troubleshooting installation from source
 
 If you are installing from a source distribution (sdist), make sure you have
-CMake and Boost headers present on your machine:
-
-- CMake (version 3.15.4 or higher)
-- Boost Headers (version 1.67)
+the [System Dependencies](#system-dependencies) installed.
 
 Try installing in verbose mode:
 
@@ -258,13 +250,7 @@ The most common culprits are:
 
 - CMake version too old
 - Boost headers are missing or too old
-- PyArrow not installed prior to installing perspective
-
-Additionally, due to PEP-518 and build isolation, its possible that the version
-of PyArrow that pip uses to build perspective-python is different from the one
-you have installed. To disable this, pass the `--no-build-isolation` flag to
-pip.
-
+- Flatbuffers not installed prior to installing Perspective
 #### Timezones in Python Tests
 
 Python tests are configured to use the `UTC` time zone. If running tests locally,
diff --git a/docs/md/python.md b/docs/md/python.md
index febd68994b..ef8df17a91 100644
--- a/docs/md/python.md
+++ b/docs/md/python.md
@@ -63,16 +63,6 @@ NumPy record arrays are all supported in `perspective-python`.
 pip install perspective-python
 ```
 
-#### Wheels PyArrow linkage
-
-Because we compile Apache Arrow from source to webassembly via Emscripten, we have a tight coupling on the specific version of Apache Arrow that must be used. As such, we link against a specific Apache Arrow version which must be present. Currently, our wheels build against PyArrow==0.17.1 for Python 3.* and PyArrow==0.16.0 for Python 2.7.
-
-To ignore compiled wheels and install from source with pip, install via
-
-```bash
-pip install --no-binary perspective-python
-```
-
 ### Jupyterlab
 
 `PerspectiveWidget` is a JupyterLab widget that implements the same API as
diff --git a/python/perspective/pyproject.toml b/python/perspective/pyproject.toml
index c3cb3c9c5a..d312a37713 100644
--- a/python/perspective/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/perspective/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [build-system]
 # Minimum requirements for the build system to execute.
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "backports.shutil_which ; python_version <'3'", "numpy>=1.13.1", "pyarrow>=0.16.0,<1"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "backports.shutil_which ; python_version <'3'", "numpy>=1.13.1"]
diff --git a/python/perspective/setup.py b/python/perspective/setup.py
index fe8de5c1c9..d1e04dc4ff 100644
--- a/python/perspective/setup.py
+++ b/python/perspective/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
 from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
-from distutils import sysconfig
 from codecs import open
 
 import io
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ def which(x):
     "future>=0.16.0",
     "numpy>=1.13.1",
     "pandas>=0.22.0",
-    "pyarrow>=0.16.0,<1",
     "python-dateutil>=2.8.0",
     "six>=1.11.0",
     "tornado>=4.5.3",
@@ -69,6 +67,7 @@ def which(x):
     "flake8>=3.7.8",
     "mock",
     "pybind11>=2.4.0",
+    "pyarrow>=0.16.0",
     "pytest>=4.3.0",
     "pytest-cov>=2.6.1",
     "pytest-check-links",
@@ -146,14 +145,6 @@ def build_extension_cmake(self, ext):
             "-DPSP_PYTHON_VERSION={}".format(PYTHON_VERSION),
             "-DPython_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS={}".format(PYTHON_VERSION),
             "-DPython_FIND_VERSION={}".format(PYTHON_VERSION),
-            "-DPSP_PYTHON_ARROWINSTALLDIR={}".format(
-                os.environ.get(
-                    "PSP_PYTHON_ARROWINSTALLDIR",
-                    os.path.join(sysconfig.get_python_lib(), "pyarrow").replace(
-                        "\\", "/"
-                    ),
-                )
-            ),
             "-DPython_EXECUTABLE={}".format(sys.executable).replace("\\", "/"),
             "-DPython_ROOT_DIR={}".format(sys.prefix).replace("\\", "/"),
             "-DPython_ROOT={}".format(sys.prefix).replace("\\", "/"),
diff --git a/scripts/_wheel_python.js b/scripts/_wheel_python.js
index 795b11c403..b6d9616a09 100644
--- a/scripts/_wheel_python.js
+++ b/scripts/_wheel_python.js
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ try {
     // Create a wheel
     if (MANYLINUX_VERSION) {
         // install deps
-        
-        // These are system deps that may only be in place from pep-517/518 so lets
-        // reinstall them to be sure
-        cmd += `${PYTHON} -m pip install 'numpy>=1.13.1' 'pyarrow>=0.16.0,<1' && `;
 
-        // remove the build folder so we completely rebuild (and pick up the 
+        // These are system deps that may only be in place from pep-517/518 so
+        // lets reinstall them to be sure
+        cmd += `${PYTHON} -m pip install 'numpy>=1.13.1' && `;
+
+        // remove the build folder so we completely rebuild (and pick up the
         // libs we just installed above, since this build method won't use
         // pep-517/518)
         cmd += `rm -rf build/ &&`;
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ try {
         }
         cmd += `&& ${PYTHON_INTERPRETER} -m auditwheel -v show ./dist/*.whl && ${PYTHON_INTERPRETER} -m auditwheel -v repair -L .lib ./dist/*.whl`;
     } else if (IS_MACOS) {
-        // Don't need to do any cleaning here since we will reuse the cmake cache
-        // and pyarrow/numpy paths from the pep-517/518 build in build_python.js
+        // Don't need to do any cleaning here since we will reuse the cmake
+        // cache and numpy paths from the pep-517/518 build in build_python.js
         cmd += `${PYTHON} setup.py bdist_wheel`;
         cmd += " && mkdir -p ./wheelhouse && cp -v ./dist/*.whl ./wheelhouse";
     } else {