diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fec2d0c5a..1db3d8485 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3296,8 +3296,8 @@ checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fsst"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "rand 0.9.4",
@@ -4518,8 +4518,8 @@ checksum = "e037a2e1d8d5fdbd49b16a4ea09d5d6401c1f29eca5ff29d03d3824dba16256a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "arc-swap",
  "arrow",
@@ -4537,6 +4537,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async_cell",
  "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-sdk-dynamodb",
+ "bitpacking",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
  "chrono",
@@ -4566,6 +4567,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lance-table",
  "lance-tokenizer",
  "log",
+ "moka",
  "object_store",
  "permutation",
  "pin-project",
@@ -4589,8 +4591,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4610,8 +4612,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-bitpacking"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayref",
  "paste",
@@ -4620,8 +4622,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-core"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4656,8 +4658,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datafusion"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4687,8 +4689,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datagen"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4706,8 +4708,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-encoding"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-arith",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4742,8 +4744,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-file"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-arith",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4774,8 +4776,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-index"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "arc-swap",
  "arrow",
@@ -4839,8 +4841,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-io"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-arith",
@@ -4882,8 +4884,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-linalg"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4899,8 +4901,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4912,8 +4914,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace-impls"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-ipc",
@@ -4948,9 +4950,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace-reqwest-client"
-version = "0.7.6"
+version = "0.7.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f65e31bdaa13e01dab6e7cf566da31df243c34a542f0d915d3601ec0e01e61d2"
+checksum = "6369eee4682fb11edf538388b43c61ce288b8302fe89bb40944d7daa7faaae99"
 dependencies = [
  "reqwest 0.12.28",
  "serde",
@@ -4962,8 +4964,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-table"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -5002,8 +5004,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-testing"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-schema",
@@ -5014,8 +5016,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-tokenizer"
-version = "7.0.0-beta.13"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-beta.13#929166e3ff51ed61b1fa42de2c63feaf51967ea1"
+version = "7.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v7.0.0-rc.1#06f52e901dd9bd99d299263130fb2bda0a3f91af"
 dependencies = [
  "jieba-rs",
  "lindera",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1c87a4f25..f829a878a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,20 +13,20 @@ categories = ["database-implementations"]
 rust-version = "1.91.0"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = { "version" = "=7.0.0-beta.13", default-features = false, "tag" = "v7.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-core = { "version" = "=7.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v7.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datagen = { "version" = "=7.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v7.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-file = { "version" = "=7.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v7.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-io = { "version" = "=7.0.0-beta.13", default-features = false, "tag" = "v7.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-index = { "version" = "=7.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v7.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-linalg = { "version" = "=7.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v7.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace = { "version" = "=7.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v7.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=7.0.0-beta.13", default-features = false, "tag" = "v7.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-table = { "version" = "=7.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v7.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-testing = { "version" = "=7.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v7.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=7.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v7.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-encoding = { "version" = "=7.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v7.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-arrow = { "version" = "=7.0.0-beta.13", "tag" = "v7.0.0-beta.13", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance = { "version" = "=7.0.0-rc.1", default-features = false, "tag" = "v7.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-core = { "version" = "=7.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v7.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datagen = { "version" = "=7.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v7.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-file = { "version" = "=7.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v7.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-io = { "version" = "=7.0.0-rc.1", default-features = false, "tag" = "v7.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-index = { "version" = "=7.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v7.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-linalg = { "version" = "=7.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v7.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace = { "version" = "=7.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v7.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=7.0.0-rc.1", default-features = false, "tag" = "v7.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-table = { "version" = "=7.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v7.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-testing = { "version" = "=7.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v7.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=7.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v7.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-encoding = { "version" = "=7.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v7.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-arrow = { "version" = "=7.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v7.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
 ahash = "0.8"
 # Note that this one does not include pyarrow
 arrow = { version = "58.0.0", optional = false }
diff --git a/nodejs/__test__/connection.test.ts b/nodejs/__test__/connection.test.ts
index d195a0ca4..68180471a 100644
--- a/nodejs/__test__/connection.test.ts
+++ b/nodejs/__test__/connection.test.ts
@@ -171,18 +171,22 @@ describe("given a connection", () => {
 
     let manifestDir =
       tmpDir.name + "/test_manifest_paths_v2_empty.lance/_versions";
-    readdirSync(manifestDir).forEach((file) => {
-      expect(file).toMatch(/^\d{20}\.manifest$/);
-    });
+    readdirSync(manifestDir)
+      .filter((f) => f.endsWith(".manifest"))
+      .forEach((file) => {
+        expect(file).toMatch(/^\d{20}\.manifest$/);
+      });
 
     table = (await db.createTable("test_manifest_paths_v2", [{ id: 1 }], {
       enableV2ManifestPaths: true,
     })) as LocalTable;
     expect(await table.usesV2ManifestPaths()).toBe(true);
     manifestDir = tmpDir.name + "/test_manifest_paths_v2.lance/_versions";
-    readdirSync(manifestDir).forEach((file) => {
-      expect(file).toMatch(/^\d{20}\.manifest$/);
-    });
+    readdirSync(manifestDir)
+      .filter((f) => f.endsWith(".manifest"))
+      .forEach((file) => {
+        expect(file).toMatch(/^\d{20}\.manifest$/);
+      });
   });
 
   it("should be able to migrate tables to the V2 manifest paths", async () => {
@@ -199,16 +203,20 @@ describe("given a connection", () => {
 
     const manifestDir =
       tmpDir.name + "/test_manifest_path_migration.lance/_versions";
-    readdirSync(manifestDir).forEach((file) => {
-      expect(file).toMatch(/^\d\.manifest$/);
-    });
+    readdirSync(manifestDir)
+      .filter((f) => f.endsWith(".manifest"))
+      .forEach((file) => {
+        expect(file).toMatch(/^\d\.manifest$/);
+      });
 
     await table.migrateManifestPathsV2();
     expect(await table.usesV2ManifestPaths()).toBe(true);
 
-    readdirSync(manifestDir).forEach((file) => {
-      expect(file).toMatch(/^\d{20}\.manifest$/);
-    });
+    readdirSync(manifestDir)
+      .filter((f) => f.endsWith(".manifest"))
+      .forEach((file) => {
+        expect(file).toMatch(/^\d{20}\.manifest$/);
+      });
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/python/python/tests/test_db.py b/python/python/tests/test_db.py
index d3db372de..9495fb330 100644
--- a/python/python/tests/test_db.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_db.py
@@ -466,7 +466,8 @@ async def test_create_table_v2_manifest_paths_async(tmp_path):
     assert await tbl.uses_v2_manifest_paths()
     manifests_dir = tmp_path / "test_v2_manifest_paths.lance" / "_versions"
     for manifest in os.listdir(manifests_dir):
-        assert re.match(r"\d{20}\.manifest", manifest)
+        if manifest.endswith(".manifest"):
+            assert re.match(r"\d{20}\.manifest", manifest)
 
     # Start a table in V1 mode then migrate
     tbl = await db_no_v2_paths.create_table(
@@ -476,13 +477,15 @@ async def test_create_table_v2_manifest_paths_async(tmp_path):
     assert not await tbl.uses_v2_manifest_paths()
     manifests_dir = tmp_path / "test_v2_migration.lance" / "_versions"
     for manifest in os.listdir(manifests_dir):
-        assert re.match(r"\d\.manifest", manifest)
+        if manifest.endswith(".manifest"):
+            assert re.match(r"\d\.manifest", manifest)
 
     await tbl.migrate_manifest_paths_v2()
     assert await tbl.uses_v2_manifest_paths()
 
     for manifest in os.listdir(manifests_dir):
-        assert re.match(r"\d{20}\.manifest", manifest)
+        if manifest.endswith(".manifest"):
+            assert re.match(r"\d{20}\.manifest", manifest)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
diff --git a/python/python/tests/test_lsm_write_spec.py b/python/python/tests/test_lsm_write_spec.py
index b81153994..d9d75d3a9 100644
--- a/python/python/tests/test_lsm_write_spec.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_lsm_write_spec.py
@@ -40,16 +40,6 @@ def _make_table(tmp_path):
 def test_set_lsm_write_spec_validates(tmp_path):
     _db, table = _make_table(tmp_path)
 
-    # No PK set yet.
-    with pytest.raises(Exception, match="primary key"):
-        table.set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4))
-
-    table.set_unenforced_primary_key("id")
-
-    # Column mismatch.
-    with pytest.raises(Exception, match="match"):
-        table.set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec.bucket("v", 4))
-
     # Out-of-range num_buckets.
     with pytest.raises(Exception, match="num_buckets"):
         table.set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec.bucket("id", 0))
@@ -70,7 +60,6 @@ def test_unset_lsm_write_spec(tmp_path):
         table.unset_lsm_write_spec()
 
     # Install a spec, then remove it; afterwards a fresh spec can be set.
-    table.set_unenforced_primary_key("id")
     table.set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec.bucket("id", 4))
     table.unset_lsm_write_spec()
     # A second unset errors — there is no spec left to remove.
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs
index d4e8d3be3..60debbd22 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/table.rs
@@ -312,17 +312,15 @@ pub use self::merge::MergeResult;
 /// date) and [`LsmWriteSpec::with_writer_config_defaults`] (default
 /// `ShardWriter` configuration recorded in the MemWAL index).
 ///
-/// All variants require the table to have an unenforced primary key.
-///
 /// Install a spec with [`Table::set_lsm_write_spec`] and remove it with
 /// [`Table::unset_lsm_write_spec`]. The actual `merge_insert` dispatch
 /// onto the MemWAL writer is a follow-up.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum LsmWriteSpec {
-    /// Hash-bucket sharding by the unenforced primary key column.
+    /// Hash-bucket sharding by a scalar column.
     ///
-    /// `column` must equal the table's currently-set single-column
-    /// unenforced primary key. `num_buckets` must be in `[1, 1024]`.
+    /// `column` must be a non-nested column with a supported scalar type.
+    /// `num_buckets` must be in `[1, 1024]`.
     /// Iceberg-compatible Murmur3-x86-32 (seed 0) is used so each row's
     /// `bucket(column, num_buckets)` value is stable across processes.
     Bucket {
@@ -1360,21 +1358,15 @@ impl Table {
     ///
     /// [`LsmWriteSpec`] chooses one of three sharding strategies:
     ///
-    /// - [`LsmWriteSpec::bucket`] — hash-bucket writes by the single-column
-    ///   unenforced primary key.
+    /// - [`LsmWriteSpec::bucket`] — hash-bucket writes by a scalar column.
     /// - [`LsmWriteSpec::identity`] — shard by the raw value of a scalar column.
     /// - [`LsmWriteSpec::unsharded`] — route every write to a single shard.
     ///
-    /// All variants require the table to have an unenforced primary key
-    /// ([`Table::set_unenforced_primary_key`]); bucket sharding additionally
-    /// requires it to be the single column being bucketed.
-    ///
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```
     /// # use lancedb::table::{LsmWriteSpec, Table};
     /// # async fn example(table: &Table) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    /// table.set_unenforced_primary_key(["id"]).await?;
     /// table
     ///     .set_lsm_write_spec(
     ///         LsmWriteSpec::bucket("id", 16).with_maintained_indexes(["id_idx"]),
@@ -4661,21 +4653,6 @@ mod tests {
             .unwrap();
         let table = conn.create_table("t", reader).execute().await.unwrap();
 
-        // Reject when no PK is set.
-        let err = table
-            .set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec::bucket("id", 4))
-            .await
-            .expect_err("should reject without PK");
-        assert!(matches!(err, Error::Lance { .. }), "got {:?}", err);
-
-        // Set PK, then a mismatched column on the spec must be rejected.
-        table.set_unenforced_primary_key(["id"]).await.unwrap();
-        let err = table
-            .set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec::bucket("name", 4))
-            .await
-            .expect_err("should reject column != PK");
-        assert!(matches!(err, Error::Lance { .. }), "got {:?}", err);
-
         // Reject num_buckets out of range.
         for bad in [0u32, 1025] {
             let err = table
@@ -4741,9 +4718,6 @@ mod tests {
             .unwrap();
         let table = conn.create_table("t", reader).execute().await.unwrap();
 
-        // Lance's MemWAL still requires *some* unenforced primary key on
-        // the dataset; Unsharded just skips the per-row hashing step.
-        table.set_unenforced_primary_key(["id"]).await.unwrap();
         table
             .set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec::unsharded())
             .await
@@ -4790,7 +4764,6 @@ mod tests {
             .unwrap();
         let table = conn.create_table("t", reader).execute().await.unwrap();
 
-        table.set_unenforced_primary_key(["id"]).await.unwrap();
         table
             .set_lsm_write_spec(
                 LsmWriteSpec::identity("region")
@@ -4846,7 +4819,6 @@ mod tests {
         table.unset_lsm_write_spec().await.unwrap_err();
 
         // Install a spec, then unset it.
-        table.set_unenforced_primary_key(["id"]).await.unwrap();
         table
             .set_lsm_write_spec(LsmWriteSpec::bucket("id", 4))
             .await