diff --git a/vortex-array/src/arrays/fixed_size_list/compute/take.rs b/vortex-array/src/arrays/fixed_size_list/compute/take.rs
index 68432e2d798..a55314a8fae 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/arrays/fixed_size_list/compute/take.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/arrays/fixed_size_list/compute/take.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright the Vortex contributors
 
 use vortex_buffer::BitBufferMut;
+use vortex_buffer::BufferMut;
 use vortex_dtype::IntegerPType;
-use vortex_dtype::Nullability;
 use vortex_dtype::match_each_integer_ptype;
 use vortex_error::VortexExpect;
 use vortex_error::VortexResult;
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ use crate::ToCanonical;
 use crate::arrays::FixedSizeListArray;
 use crate::arrays::FixedSizeListVTable;
 use crate::arrays::PrimitiveArray;
-use crate::builders::ArrayBuilder;
-use crate::builders::PrimitiveBuilder;
 use crate::compute::TakeKernel;
 use crate::compute::TakeKernelAdapter;
 use crate::compute::{self};
@@ -92,8 +90,7 @@ fn take_non_nullable_fsl<I: IntegerPType>(
     let new_len = indices.len();
 
     // Build the element indices directly without validity tracking.
-    let mut elements_indices =
-        PrimitiveBuilder::<I>::with_capacity(Nullability::NonNullable, new_len * list_size);
+    let mut elements_indices = BufferMut::<I>::with_capacity(new_len * list_size);
 
     // Build the element indices for each list.
     for data_idx in indices {
@@ -106,14 +103,17 @@ fn take_non_nullable_fsl<I: IntegerPType>(
 
         // Expand the list into individual element indices.
         for i in list_start..list_end {
-            elements_indices.append_value(I::from_usize(i).vortex_expect("i < list_end"))
+            unsafe {
+                elements_indices.push_unchecked(I::from_usize(i).vortex_expect("i < list_end"))
+            };
         }
     }
 
-    let elements_indices = elements_indices.finish();
+    let elements_indices = elements_indices.freeze();
     debug_assert_eq!(elements_indices.len(), new_len * list_size);
 
-    let new_elements = compute::take(array.elements(), elements_indices.as_ref())?;
+    let elements_indices_array = PrimitiveArray::new(elements_indices, Validity::NonNullable);
+    let new_elements = compute::take(array.elements(), elements_indices_array.as_ref())?;
     debug_assert_eq!(new_elements.len(), new_len * list_size);
 
     // Both inputs are non-nullable, so the result is non-nullable.
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ fn take_nullable_fsl<I: IntegerPType>(
 
     // We must use placeholder zeros for null lists to maintain the array length without
     // propagating nullability to the element array's take operation.
-    let mut elements_indices =
-        PrimitiveBuilder::<I>::with_capacity(Nullability::NonNullable, new_len * list_size);
+    let mut elements_indices = BufferMut::<I>::with_capacity(new_len * list_size);
     let mut new_validity_builder = BitBufferMut::with_capacity(new_len);
 
     // Build the element indices while tracking which lists are null.
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ fn take_nullable_fsl<I: IntegerPType>(
         if !is_index_valid || !array_validity.value(data_idx) {
             // Append placeholder zeros for null lists. These will be masked by the validity array.
             // We cannot use append_nulls here as explained above.
-            elements_indices.append_zeros(list_size);
+            unsafe { elements_indices.push_n_unchecked(I::zero(), list_size) };
             new_validity_builder.append(false);
         } else {
             // Append the actual element indices for this list.
@@ -167,17 +166,20 @@ fn take_nullable_fsl<I: IntegerPType>(
 
             // Expand the list into individual element indices.
             for i in list_start..list_end {
-                elements_indices.append_value(I::from_usize(i).vortex_expect("i < list_end"))
+                unsafe {
+                    elements_indices.push_unchecked(I::from_usize(i).vortex_expect("i < list_end"))
+                };
             }
 
             new_validity_builder.append(true);
         }
     }
 
-    let elements_indices = elements_indices.finish();
+    let elements_indices = elements_indices.freeze();
     debug_assert_eq!(elements_indices.len(), new_len * list_size);
 
-    let new_elements = compute::take(array.elements(), elements_indices.as_ref())?;
+    let elements_indices_array = PrimitiveArray::new(elements_indices, Validity::NonNullable);
+    let new_elements = compute::take(array.elements(), elements_indices_array.as_ref())?;
     debug_assert_eq!(new_elements.len(), new_len * list_size);
 
     // At least one input was nullable, so the result is nullable.