diff --git a/native/Cargo.lock b/native/Cargo.lock
index 9f436c32c..c9301c6e3 100644
--- a/native/Cargo.lock
+++ b/native/Cargo.lock
@@ -892,7 +892,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "datafusion-expr",
  "datafusion-functions-nested",
  "datafusion-physical-expr",
- "either",
  "flate2",
  "futures",
  "half",
diff --git a/native/core/Cargo.toml b/native/core/Cargo.toml
index 83a18b5bb..13f6b135f 100644
--- a/native/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/native/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ crc32fast = "1.3.2"
 simd-adler32 = "0.3.7"
 datafusion-comet-spark-expr = { workspace = true }
 datafusion-comet-proto = { workspace = true }
-either = "1.13.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 pprof = { version = "0.13.0", features = ["flamegraph"] }
diff --git a/native/core/src/execution/datafusion/shuffle_writer.rs b/native/core/src/execution/datafusion/shuffle_writer.rs
index 46c3d4995..a183506c5 100644
--- a/native/core/src/execution/datafusion/shuffle_writer.rs
+++ b/native/core/src/execution/datafusion/shuffle_writer.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ use datafusion::{
     },
 };
 use datafusion_physical_expr::EquivalenceProperties;
-use either::{Either, Left, Right};
 use futures::{lock::Mutex, Stream, StreamExt, TryFutureExt, TryStreamExt};
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use simd_adler32::Adler32;
@@ -67,6 +66,14 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use datafusion_comet_spark_expr::spark_hash::create_murmur3_hashes;
 
+/// The status of appending rows to a partition buffer.
+enum AppendRowStatus {
+    /// The difference in memory usage after appending rows
+    MemDiff(Result<isize>),
+    /// The index of the next row to append
+    StartIndex(usize)
+}
+
 /// The shuffle writer operator maps each input partition to M output partitions based on a
 /// partitioning scheme. No guarantees are made about the order of the resulting partitions.
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -265,14 +272,14 @@ impl PartitionBuffer {
         indices: &[usize],
         start_index: usize,
         time_metric: &Time,
-    ) -> Either<Result<isize>, usize> {
+    ) -> AppendRowStatus {
         let mut mem_diff = 0;
         let mut start = start_index;
 
         // lazy init because some partition may be empty
         let init = self.init_active_if_necessary();
         if init.is_err() {
-            return Right(start);
+            return AppendRowStatus::StartIndex(start);
         }
         mem_diff += init.unwrap();
 
@@ -289,20 +296,20 @@ impl PartitionBuffer {
                 let mut timer = time_metric.timer();
                 let flush = self.flush();
                 if let Err(e) = flush {
-                    return Left(Err(e));
+                    return AppendRowStatus::MemDiff(Err(e));
                 }
                 mem_diff += flush.unwrap();
                 timer.stop();
 
                 let init = self.init_active_if_necessary();
                 if init.is_err() {
-                    return Right(end);
+                    return AppendRowStatus::StartIndex(end);
                 }
                 mem_diff += init.unwrap();
             }
             start = end;
         }
-        Left(Ok(mem_diff))
+        AppendRowStatus::MemDiff(Ok(mem_diff))
     }
 
     /// flush active data into frozen bytes
@@ -1001,11 +1008,11 @@ impl ShuffleRepartitioner {
 
         loop {
             match output_ret {
-                Left(l) => {
+                AppendRowStatus::MemDiff(l) => {
                     mem_diff += l?;
                     break;
                 }
-                Right(new_start) => {
+                AppendRowStatus::StartIndex(new_start) => {
                     // Cannot allocate enough memory for the array builders in the partition,
                     // spill partitions and retry.
                     self.spill().await?;
@@ -1018,7 +1025,7 @@ impl ShuffleRepartitioner {
                     start_index = new_start;
                     output_ret = output.append_rows(columns, indices, start_index, time_metric);
 
-                    if let Right(new_start) = output_ret {
+                    if let AppendRowStatus::StartIndex(new_start) = output_ret {
                         if new_start == start_index {
                             // If the start index is not updated, it means that the partition
                             // is still not able to allocate enough memory for the array builders.