diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f0a1780746..e5418ca682 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -11280,8 +11280,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "parquet",
  "parquet_opendal",
  "prost 0.13.3",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
  "snafu 0.8.5",
  "store-api",
  "table",
diff --git a/src/sst-convert/Cargo.toml b/src/sst-convert/Cargo.toml
index e7819e3d40..d11720941a 100644
--- a/src/sst-convert/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/sst-convert/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ object-store.workspace = true
 parquet.workspace = true
 parquet_opendal = "0.3.0"
 prost.workspace = true
-serde.workspace = true
-serde_json.workspace = true
 snafu.workspace = true
 store-api.workspace = true
 table.workspace = true
diff --git a/src/sst-convert/src/error.rs b/src/sst-convert/src/error.rs
index 88269e4232..b4c20e9a62 100644
--- a/src/sst-convert/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/sst-convert/src/error.rs
@@ -31,22 +31,6 @@ pub enum Error {
         location: Location,
     },
 
-    #[snafu(display("I/O error"))]
-    Io {
-        #[snafu(source)]
-        error: std::io::Error,
-        #[snafu(implicit)]
-        location: Location,
-    },
-
-    #[snafu(display("JSON error"))]
-    Json {
-        #[snafu(source)]
-        error: serde_json::Error,
-        #[snafu(implicit)]
-        location: Location,
-    },
-
     #[snafu(display("Missing __name__ label"))]
     MissingMetricName {
         #[snafu(implicit)]
@@ -110,8 +94,6 @@ impl ErrorExt for Error {
     fn status_code(&self) -> StatusCode {
         match self {
             Error::ObjectStore { .. } => StatusCode::StorageUnavailable,
-            Error::Io { .. } => StatusCode::StorageUnavailable,
-            Error::Json { .. } => StatusCode::InvalidArguments,
             Error::MissingMetricName { .. } => StatusCode::InvalidArguments,
             Error::MissingTable { .. } => StatusCode::TableNotFound,
             Error::MissingColumn { .. } => StatusCode::TableColumnNotFound,
diff --git a/src/sst-convert/src/reader/remote_write.rs b/src/sst-convert/src/reader/remote_write.rs
index 409aca8ed9..9f6a9e0912 100644
--- a/src/sst-convert/src/reader/remote_write.rs
+++ b/src/sst-convert/src/reader/remote_write.rs
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
 
 //! Prometheus remote write support.
 //!
-//! The Prometheus remote write format is a Parquet representation of the Prometheus remote write protocol.
-//! - Each Line contains a single timeseries.
-//! - Each series only occurs once.
+//! Prometheus remote write protocol in parquet format.
+//! - Each row contains a protobuf binary representation of a single timeseries.
+//! - Each series only occurs once in the file.
+//! - Each timeseries must has a the `__name__` label.
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -27,12 +28,12 @@ use arrow_array::{
     Array, BinaryArray, Float64Array, TimestampMillisecondArray, UInt64Array, UInt8Array,
 };
 use datatypes::value::ValueRef;
-use futures::{AsyncBufReadExt, StreamExt};
+use futures::StreamExt;
 use metric_engine::row_modifier::TsidGenerator;
 use mito2::error::ReadParquetSnafu;
 use mito2::read::{Batch, BatchBuilder, BatchReader};
 use mito2::row_converter::SparsePrimaryKeyCodec;
-use object_store::{FuturesAsyncReader, ObjectStore, Reader};
+use object_store::ObjectStore;
 use parquet::arrow::async_reader::ParquetRecordBatchStream;
 use parquet::arrow::ParquetRecordBatchStreamBuilder;
 use parquet_opendal::AsyncReader;
@@ -44,8 +45,8 @@ use store_api::storage::{ColumnId, SequenceNumber};
 use table::metadata::TableId;
 
 use crate::error::{
-    DecodeSnafu, IoSnafu, JsonSnafu, MissingColumnSnafu, MissingMetricNameSnafu, MissingTableSnafu,
-    MitoSnafu, ObjectStoreSnafu, Result,
+    DecodeSnafu, MissingColumnSnafu, MissingMetricNameSnafu, MissingTableSnafu, MitoSnafu,
+    ObjectStoreSnafu, Result,
 };
 use crate::table::TableMetadataHelper;
 
@@ -157,42 +158,6 @@ impl SeriesConverter {
     }
 }
 
-/// Prometheus remote write NDJSON reader.
-pub struct TimeSeriesReader {
-    reader: FuturesAsyncReader,
-    buffer: String,
-}
-
-impl TimeSeriesReader {
-    /// Creates a new [`TimeSeriesReader`] from a [`Reader`].
-    pub async fn new(reader: Reader) -> Result<Self> {
-        let reader = reader
-            .into_futures_async_read(..)
-            .await
-            .context(ObjectStoreSnafu)?;
-
-        Ok(Self {
-            reader,
-            buffer: String::new(),
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// Reads the next timeseries from the reader.
-    pub async fn next_series(&mut self) -> Result<Option<TimeSeries>> {
-        self.buffer.clear();
-        self.reader
-            .read_line(&mut self.buffer)
-            .await
-            .context(IoSnafu)?;
-        if self.buffer.is_empty() {
-            return Ok(None);
-        }
-
-        let time_series = serde_json::from_str(&self.buffer).context(JsonSnafu)?;
-        Ok(Some(time_series))
-    }
-}
-
 /// Prometheus remote write parquet reader.
 pub struct TimeSeriesParquetReader {
     path: String,