diff --git a/rust/datafusion/examples/flight_server.rs b/rust/datafusion/examples/flight_server.rs
index 75b470d7087..79660dd1871 100644
--- a/rust/datafusion/examples/flight_server.rs
+++ b/rust/datafusion/examples/flight_server.rs
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ use futures::Stream;
 use tonic::transport::Server;
 use tonic::{Request, Response, Status, Streaming};
 
+use datafusion::datasource::parquet::ParquetTable;
 use datafusion::datasource::TableProvider;
 use datafusion::prelude::*;
-use datafusion::{datasource::parquet::ParquetTable, physical_plan::collect};
 
 use arrow_flight::{
     flight_service_server::FlightService, flight_service_server::FlightServiceServer,
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ impl FlightService for FlightServiceImpl {
         request: Request<Ticket>,
     ) -> Result<Response<Self::DoGetStream>, Status> {
         let ticket = request.into_inner();
-        match String::from_utf8(ticket.ticket.to_vec()) {
+        match std::str::from_utf8(&ticket.ticket) {
             Ok(sql) => {
                 println!("do_get: {}", sql);
 
@@ -94,28 +94,22 @@ impl FlightService for FlightServiceImpl {
                     "alltypes_plain",
                     &format!("{}/alltypes_plain.parquet", testdata),
                 )
-                .map_err(|e| to_tonic_err(&e))?;
+                .map_err(to_tonic_err)?;
 
-                // create the query plan
-                let plan = ctx
-                    .create_logical_plan(&sql)
-                    .and_then(|plan| ctx.optimize(&plan))
-                    .and_then(|plan| ctx.create_physical_plan(&plan))
-                    .map_err(|e| to_tonic_err(&e))?;
+                // create the DataFrame
+                let df = ctx.sql(sql).map_err(to_tonic_err)?;
 
                 // execute the query
-                let results =
-                    collect(plan.clone()).await.map_err(|e| to_tonic_err(&e))?;
+                let results = df.collect().await.map_err(to_tonic_err)?;
                 if results.is_empty() {
                     return Err(Status::internal("There were no results from ticket"));
                 }
 
                 // add an initial FlightData message that sends schema
                 let options = arrow::ipc::writer::IpcWriteOptions::default();
-                let schema = plan.schema();
                 let schema_flight_data =
                     arrow_flight::utils::flight_data_from_arrow_schema(
-                        schema.as_ref(),
+                        &df.schema().clone().into(),
                         &options,
                     );
 
@@ -197,7 +191,7 @@ impl FlightService for FlightServiceImpl {
     }
 }
 
-fn to_tonic_err(e: &datafusion::error::DataFusionError) -> Status {
+fn to_tonic_err(e: datafusion::error::DataFusionError) -> Status {
     Status::internal(format!("{:?}", e))
 }