diff --git a/orc/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/orc/ORCSchemaUtil.java b/orc/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/orc/ORCSchemaUtil.java
index 9c2de518da..580cc86134 100644
--- a/orc/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/orc/ORCSchemaUtil.java
+++ b/orc/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/orc/ORCSchemaUtil.java
@@ -255,11 +255,6 @@ public static Schema convert(TypeDescription orcSchema) {
   public static TypeDescription buildOrcProjection(Schema schema,
                                                    TypeDescription originalOrcSchema) {
     Map<Integer, OrcField> icebergToOrc = icebergToOrcMapping("root", originalOrcSchema);
-    if (icebergToOrc.isEmpty()) {
-      // if no field ids are present in original schema then build mapping from expected schema
-      // this should ideally be handled at a higher layer with NameMapping
-      icebergToOrc = icebergToOrcMapping("root", convert(schema));
-    }
     return buildOrcProjection(Integer.MIN_VALUE, schema.asStruct(), true, icebergToOrc);
   }
 
diff --git a/orc/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/orc/OrcIterable.java b/orc/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/orc/OrcIterable.java
index d036ed8b36..55737f2b50 100644
--- a/orc/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/orc/OrcIterable.java
+++ b/orc/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/orc/OrcIterable.java
@@ -87,15 +87,16 @@ public CloseableIterator<T> iterator() {
 
     TypeDescription fileSchema = orcFileReader.getSchema();
     final TypeDescription readOrcSchema;
+    final TypeDescription fileSchemaWithIds;
     if (ORCSchemaUtil.hasIds(fileSchema)) {
-      readOrcSchema = ORCSchemaUtil.buildOrcProjection(schema, fileSchema);
+      fileSchemaWithIds = fileSchema;
     } else {
       if (nameMapping == null) {
         nameMapping = MappingUtil.create(schema);
       }
-      TypeDescription typeWithIds = ORCSchemaUtil.applyNameMapping(fileSchema, nameMapping);
-      readOrcSchema = ORCSchemaUtil.buildOrcProjection(schema, typeWithIds);
+      fileSchemaWithIds = ORCSchemaUtil.applyNameMapping(fileSchema, nameMapping);
     }
+    readOrcSchema = ORCSchemaUtil.buildOrcProjection(schema, fileSchemaWithIds);
 
     SearchArgument sarg = null;
     if (filter != null) {
@@ -125,10 +126,9 @@ public CloseableIterator<T> iterator() {
       Schema extraFilterColumns = TypeUtil.select(rowFilter.requiredSchema(), filterColumnIdsNotInReadSchema);
       Schema finalReadSchema = TypeUtil.join(schema, extraFilterColumns);
 
-      TypeDescription finalReadOrcSchema = ORCSchemaUtil.buildOrcProjection(finalReadSchema,
-          orcFileReader.getSchema());
+      TypeDescription finalReadOrcSchema = ORCSchemaUtil.buildOrcProjection(finalReadSchema, fileSchemaWithIds);
       TypeDescription rowFilterOrcSchema = ORCSchemaUtil.buildOrcProjection(rowFilter.requiredSchema(),
-          orcFileReader.getSchema());
+          fileSchemaWithIds);
       RowFilterValueReader filterReader = new RowFilterValueReader(finalReadOrcSchema, rowFilterOrcSchema);
 
       return new OrcRowIterator<>(