diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
index d1bd32f9..b11dd496 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/remote/table.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ use std::io::Cursor;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
+use crate::index::Index;
 use crate::index::IndexStatistics;
 use crate::query::{QueryFilter, QueryRequest, Select, VectorQueryRequest};
 use crate::table::{AddDataMode, AnyQuery, Filter};
 use crate::utils::{supported_btree_data_type, supported_vector_data_type};
-use crate::{index::Index, table::dataset};
 use crate::{DistanceType, Error, Table};
 use arrow_array::RecordBatchReader;
 use arrow_ipc::reader::FileReader;
@@ -396,9 +396,6 @@ impl<S: HttpSend> BaseTable for RemoteTable<S> {
     fn name(&self) -> &str {
         &self.name
     }
-    fn dataset(&self) -> &dataset::DatasetConsistencyWrapper {
-        unimplemented!()
-    }
     async fn version(&self) -> Result<u64> {
         self.describe().await.map(|desc| desc.version)
     }
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs
index db40093a..692b5d75 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs
@@ -410,8 +410,6 @@ pub trait BaseTable: std::fmt::Display + std::fmt::Debug + Send + Sync {
     fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn std::any::Any;
     /// Get the name of the table.
     fn name(&self) -> &str;
-    /// Get the dataset of the table.
-    fn dataset(&self) -> &dataset::DatasetConsistencyWrapper;
     /// Get the arrow [Schema] of the table.
     async fn schema(&self) -> Result<SchemaRef>;
     /// Count the number of rows in this table.
@@ -583,9 +581,11 @@ impl Table {
         self.inner.name()
     }
 
-    /// Get the dataset of the table.
-    pub fn dataset(&self) -> &dataset::DatasetConsistencyWrapper {
-        self.inner.dataset()
+    /// Get the dataset of the table if it is a native table
+    ///
+    /// Returns None otherwise
+    pub fn dataset(&self) -> Option<&dataset::DatasetConsistencyWrapper> {
+        self.inner.as_native().map(|t| &t.dataset)
     }
 
     /// Get the arrow [Schema] of the table.
@@ -1865,10 +1865,6 @@ impl BaseTable for NativeTable {
         self.name.as_str()
     }
 
-    fn dataset(&self) -> &dataset::DatasetConsistencyWrapper {
-        &self.dataset
-    }
-
     async fn version(&self) -> Result<u64> {
         Ok(self.dataset.get().await?.version().version)
     }