diff --git a/benchmarks/src/bin/tpch.rs b/benchmarks/src/bin/tpch.rs
index b2f2bf1817877..71257d7b9647c 100644
--- a/benchmarks/src/bin/tpch.rs
+++ b/benchmarks/src/bin/tpch.rs
@@ -431,7 +431,8 @@ async fn get_table(
             }
             "parquet" => {
                 let path = format!("{}/{}", path, table);
-                let format = ParquetFormat::default().with_enable_pruning(true);
+                let format = ParquetFormat::new(ctx.config.config_options())
+                    .with_enable_pruning(true);
 
                 (Arc::new(format), path, DEFAULT_PARQUET_EXTENSION)
             }
diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/config.rs b/datafusion/core/src/config.rs
index 134e37390944c..b7a328983ea20 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/config.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/config.rs
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ impl BuiltInConfigs {
             ConfigDefinition::new_bool(
                 OPT_PARQUET_ENABLE_PRUNING,
                 "If true, the parquet reader attempts to skip entire row groups based \
-                 on the predicate in the query.",
+                 on the predicate in the query and the metadata (min/max values) stored in \
+                 the parquet file.",
                 true,
             ),
             ConfigDefinition::new_bool(
diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/datasource/file_format/parquet.rs b/datafusion/core/src/datasource/file_format/parquet.rs
index 5c97a34f74394..668aeea609ea0 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/datasource/file_format/parquet.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/datasource/file_format/parquet.rs
@@ -618,8 +618,7 @@ mod tests {
         let (meta, _files) = store_parquet(vec![batch1, batch2]).await?;
 
         let ctx = SessionContext::new();
-        let config_options = ctx.config_options();
-        let format = ParquetFormat::new(config_options);
+        let format = ParquetFormat::new(ctx.config_options());
         let schema = format.infer_schema(&store, &meta).await.unwrap();
 
         let stats =
@@ -767,11 +766,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(store.request_count(), 2);
 
         let ctx = SessionContext::new();
-        let config_options = ctx.config_options();
-        config_options
-            .write()
-            .set_u64(OPT_PARQUET_METADATA_SIZE_HINT, 9);
-        let format = ParquetFormat::default(config_options);
+        let format = ParquetFormat::new(ctx.config_options()).with_metadata_size_hint(9);
         let schema = format.infer_schema(&store.upcast(), &meta).await.unwrap();
 
         let stats =
@@ -798,7 +793,8 @@ mod tests {
         // ensure the requests were coalesced into a single request
         assert_eq!(store.request_count(), 1);
 
-        let format = ParquetFormat::default().with_metadata_size_hint(size_hint);
+        let format =
+            ParquetFormat::new(ctx.config_options()).with_metadata_size_hint(size_hint);
         let schema = format.infer_schema(&store.upcast(), &meta).await.unwrap();
         let stats = fetch_statistics(
             store.upcast().as_ref(),
diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/file_format/parquet.rs b/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/file_format/parquet.rs
index 68b00a3ef08ce..ad3185003cba0 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/file_format/parquet.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/file_format/parquet.rs
@@ -1164,6 +1164,7 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::config::ConfigOptions;
     use crate::datasource::file_format::parquet::test_util::store_parquet;
     use crate::datasource::file_format::test_util::scan_format;
+    use crate::datasource::file_format::FileFormat;
     use crate::datasource::listing::{FileRange, PartitionedFile};
     use crate::datasource::object_store::ObjectStoreUrl;
     use crate::execution::options::CsvReadOptions;
@@ -1660,7 +1661,7 @@ mod tests {
     async fn parquet_exec_with_projection() -> Result<()> {
         let testdata = crate::test_util::parquet_test_data();
         let filename = "alltypes_plain.parquet";
-        let format = ParquetFormat::default();
+        let format = ParquetFormat::new(ConfigOptions::new().into_shareable());
         let parquet_exec =
             scan_format(&format, &testdata, filename, Some(vec![0, 1, 2]), None)
                 .await
@@ -1742,7 +1743,7 @@ mod tests {
         let meta = local_unpartitioned_file(filename);
 
         let store = Arc::new(LocalFileSystem::new()) as _;
-        let file_schema = ParquetFormat::default()
+        let file_schema = ParquetFormat::new(session_ctx.config_options())
             .infer_schema(&store, &[meta.clone()])
             .await?;
 
@@ -1789,7 +1790,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let meta = local_unpartitioned_file(filename);
 
-        let schema = ParquetFormat::default()
+        let schema = ParquetFormat::new(session_ctx.config_options())
             .infer_schema(&store, &[meta.clone()])
             .await
             .unwrap();
@@ -2477,7 +2478,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let meta = local_unpartitioned_file(filename);
 
-        let schema = ParquetFormat::default()
+        let schema = ParquetFormat::new(session_ctx.config_options())
             .infer_schema(&store, &[meta.clone()])
             .await
             .unwrap();
diff --git a/datafusion/proto/src/logical_plan.rs b/datafusion/proto/src/logical_plan.rs
index d61bb2d65baea..74e04752a5b91 100644
--- a/datafusion/proto/src/logical_plan.rs
+++ b/datafusion/proto/src/logical_plan.rs
@@ -368,7 +368,8 @@ impl AsLogicalPlan for LogicalPlanNode {
                         &FileFormatType::Parquet(protobuf::ParquetFormat {
                             enable_pruning,
                         }) => Arc::new(
-                            ParquetFormat::default().with_enable_pruning(enable_pruning),
+                            ParquetFormat::new(ctx.config_options())
+                                .with_enable_pruning(enable_pruning),
                         ),
                         FileFormatType::Csv(protobuf::CsvFormat {
                             has_header,