diff --git a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/execution/SetColumnTypeTask.java b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/execution/SetColumnTypeTask.java
index e341aac54d77..6b37ce1e8461 100644
--- a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/execution/SetColumnTypeTask.java
+++ b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/execution/SetColumnTypeTask.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import io.trino.spi.TrinoException;
 import io.trino.spi.connector.ColumnHandle;
 import io.trino.spi.connector.ColumnMetadata;
-import io.trino.spi.type.ArrayType;
 import io.trino.spi.type.RowType;
 import io.trino.spi.type.Type;
 import io.trino.spi.type.TypeManager;
@@ -140,11 +139,7 @@ else if (metadata.isView(session, qualifiedObjectName)) {
 
     private static List<RowType.Field> getCandidates(Type type, String fieldName)
     {
-        Type analyzedType = type;
-        if (type instanceof ArrayType arrayType) {
-            analyzedType = arrayType.getElementType();
-        }
-        if (!(analyzedType instanceof RowType rowType)) {
+        if (!(type instanceof RowType rowType)) {
             throw new TrinoException(NOT_SUPPORTED, "Unsupported type: " + type);
         }
         List<RowType.Field> candidates = rowType.getFields().stream()
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
index 1a5037caa0a9..8eb0ccd79a92 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
@@ -2132,19 +2132,7 @@ public void setFieldType(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableHandle tableHan
         NestedField parent = icebergTable.schema().caseInsensitiveFindField(parentPath);
 
         String caseSensitiveParentName = icebergTable.schema().findColumnName(parent.fieldId());
-
-        Types.StructType structType;
-        if (parent.type().isListType()) {
-            // list(struct...)
-            structType = parent.type().asListType().elementType().asStructType();
-            caseSensitiveParentName += ".element";
-        }
-        else {
-            // just struct
-            structType = parent.type().asStructType();
-        }
-        NestedField field = structType.caseInsensitiveField(getLast(fieldPath));
-
+        NestedField field = parent.type().asStructType().caseInsensitiveField(getLast(fieldPath));
         // TODO: Add support for changing non-primitive field type
         if (!field.type().isPrimitiveType()) {
             throw new TrinoException(NOT_SUPPORTED, "Iceberg doesn't support changing field type from non-primitive types");
diff --git a/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/BaseConnectorTest.java b/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/BaseConnectorTest.java
index 8a2f774b6243..42fa648e9bca 100644
--- a/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/BaseConnectorTest.java
+++ b/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/BaseConnectorTest.java
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@
 import static io.trino.testing.TestingConnectorBehavior.SUPPORTS_ROW_TYPE;
 import static io.trino.testing.TestingConnectorBehavior.SUPPORTS_SET_COLUMN_TYPE;
 import static io.trino.testing.TestingConnectorBehavior.SUPPORTS_SET_FIELD_TYPE;
-import static io.trino.testing.TestingConnectorBehavior.SUPPORTS_SET_FIELD_TYPE_IN_ARRAY;
 import static io.trino.testing.TestingConnectorBehavior.SUPPORTS_TOPN_PUSHDOWN;
 import static io.trino.testing.TestingConnectorBehavior.SUPPORTS_TRUNCATE;
 import static io.trino.testing.TestingConnectorBehavior.SUPPORTS_UPDATE;
@@ -3160,49 +3159,6 @@ public void testSetFieldOutOfRangeType()
         }
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testSetFieldTypeInArray()
-    {
-        skipTestUnless(hasBehavior(SUPPORTS_CREATE_TABLE_WITH_DATA) && hasBehavior(SUPPORTS_ARRAY) && hasBehavior(SUPPORTS_ROW_TYPE));
-
-        if (!hasBehavior(SUPPORTS_SET_FIELD_TYPE_IN_ARRAY)) {
-            try (TestTable table = new TestTable(getQueryRunner()::execute, "test_set_field_type_in_array_", "(col array(row(field int)))")) {
-                assertQueryFails(
-                        "ALTER TABLE " + table.getName() + " ALTER COLUMN col.field SET DATA TYPE bigint",
-                        ".*does not support.*");
-            }
-            return;
-        }
-
-        try (TestTable table = new TestTable(getQueryRunner()::execute, "test_set_field_type_in_array_", "AS SELECT CAST(array[row(123)] AS array(row(field integer))) AS col")) {
-            assertThat(getColumnType(table.getName(), "col")).isEqualTo("array(row(field integer))");
-
-            assertUpdate("ALTER TABLE " + table.getName() + " ALTER COLUMN col.field SET DATA TYPE bigint");
-
-            assertThat(getColumnType(table.getName(), "col")).isEqualTo("array(row(field bigint))");
-            assertThat(query("SELECT * FROM " + table.getName()))
-                    .skippingTypesCheck()
-                    .matches("SELECT array[row(bigint '123')]");
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testSetFieldTypeInNestedArray()
-    {
-        skipTestUnless(hasBehavior(SUPPORTS_SET_FIELD_TYPE_IN_ARRAY) && hasBehavior(SUPPORTS_CREATE_TABLE_WITH_DATA) && hasBehavior(SUPPORTS_ARRAY) && hasBehavior(SUPPORTS_ROW_TYPE));
-
-        try (TestTable table = new TestTable(getQueryRunner()::execute, "test_set_field_type_in_nested_array_", "AS SELECT CAST(array[row(array[row(123)])] AS array(row(field array(row(a integer))))) AS col")) {
-            assertThat(getColumnType(table.getName(), "col")).isEqualTo("array(row(field array(row(a integer))))");
-
-            assertUpdate("ALTER TABLE " + table.getName() + " ALTER COLUMN col.field.a SET DATA TYPE bigint");
-
-            assertThat(getColumnType(table.getName(), "col")).isEqualTo("array(row(field array(row(a bigint))))");
-            assertThat(query("SELECT * FROM " + table.getName()))
-                    .skippingTypesCheck()
-                    .matches("SELECT array[row(array[row(bigint '123')])]");
-        }
-    }
-
     protected void verifySetFieldTypeFailurePermissible(Throwable e)
     {
         throw new AssertionError("Unexpected set field type failure", e);
diff --git a/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/TestingConnectorBehavior.java b/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/TestingConnectorBehavior.java
index 1f74cc870156..4bdadd9c96be 100644
--- a/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/TestingConnectorBehavior.java
+++ b/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/TestingConnectorBehavior.java
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ public enum TestingConnectorBehavior
     SUPPORTS_RENAME_FIELD(fallback -> fallback.test(SUPPORTS_RENAME_COLUMN) && fallback.test(SUPPORTS_ROW_TYPE)),
     SUPPORTS_SET_COLUMN_TYPE,
     SUPPORTS_SET_FIELD_TYPE(fallback -> fallback.test(SUPPORTS_SET_COLUMN_TYPE) && fallback.test(SUPPORTS_ROW_TYPE)),
-    SUPPORTS_SET_FIELD_TYPE_IN_ARRAY(fallback -> fallback.test(SUPPORTS_SET_FIELD_TYPE) && fallback.test(SUPPORTS_ADD_FIELD_IN_ARRAY)),
 
     SUPPORTS_COMMENT_ON_TABLE,
     SUPPORTS_COMMENT_ON_COLUMN(SUPPORTS_COMMENT_ON_TABLE),