diff --git a/lib/explorer/polars_backend/data_frame.ex b/lib/explorer/polars_backend/data_frame.ex
index d9278f0e0..6749de175 100644
--- a/lib/explorer/polars_backend/data_frame.ex
+++ b/lib/explorer/polars_backend/data_frame.ex
@@ -570,7 +570,6 @@ defmodule Explorer.PolarsBackend.DataFrame do
   # Like `Explorer.Series.from_list/2`, but gives a better error message with the series name.
   defp series_from_list!(name, list, dtype) do
     type = Explorer.Shared.dtype_from_list!(list, dtype)
-    list = Explorer.Shared.cast_series(list, type)
     series = Shared.from_list(list, type, name)
     Explorer.Backend.Series.new(series, type)
   rescue
diff --git a/lib/explorer/polars_backend/shared.ex b/lib/explorer/polars_backend/shared.ex
index b5f4ac0c2..037d80d10 100644
--- a/lib/explorer/polars_backend/shared.ex
+++ b/lib/explorer/polars_backend/shared.ex
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ defmodule Explorer.PolarsBackend.Shared do
 
         row, columns ->
           Enum.reduce(row, columns, fn {field, value}, columns ->
-            Map.update!(columns, field, &[value | &1])
+            Map.update!(columns, to_string(field), &[value | &1])
           end)
       end)
 
diff --git a/lib/explorer/series.ex b/lib/explorer/series.ex
index 1bf611cd8..259f37f29 100644
--- a/lib/explorer/series.ex
+++ b/lib/explorer/series.ex
@@ -461,7 +461,6 @@ defmodule Explorer.Series do
     normalised_dtype = if opts[:dtype], do: Shared.normalise_dtype!(opts[:dtype])
 
     type = Shared.dtype_from_list!(list, normalised_dtype)
-    list = Shared.cast_series(list, type)
 
     series = backend.from_list(list, type)
 
diff --git a/lib/explorer/shared.ex b/lib/explorer/shared.ex
index d179faf88..556beef91 100644
--- a/lib/explorer/shared.ex
+++ b/lib/explorer/shared.ex
@@ -389,37 +389,6 @@ defmodule Explorer.Shared do
   def leaf_dtype({:list, inner_dtype}), do: leaf_dtype(inner_dtype)
   def leaf_dtype(dtype), do: dtype
 
-  @doc """
-  Downcasts lists of mixed numeric types (float and int) to float.
-  """
-  def cast_series(list, {:struct, dtypes}) when is_list(list) do
-    Enum.map(list, fn
-      nil ->
-        nil
-
-      item ->
-        Enum.map(item, fn {field, inner_value} ->
-          column = to_string(field)
-          {^column, inner_dtype} = List.keyfind!(dtypes, column, 0)
-          [casted_value] = cast_series([inner_value], inner_dtype)
-          {column, casted_value}
-        end)
-    end)
-  end
-
-  def cast_series(list, {:list, inner_dtype}) when is_list(list) do
-    Enum.map(list, fn item -> cast_series(item, inner_dtype) end)
-  end
-
-  def cast_series(list, {:f, _}) do
-    Enum.map(list, fn
-      item when item in [nil, :infinity, :neg_infinity, :nan] or is_float(item) -> item
-      item -> item / 1
-    end)
-  end
-
-  def cast_series(list, _), do: list
-
   @doc """
   Merge two dtypes.
   """
diff --git a/native/explorer/src/series.rs b/native/explorer/src/series.rs
index cad789b3f..e74ed565a 100644
--- a/native/explorer/src/series.rs
+++ b/native/explorer/src/series.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ macro_rules! from_list_float {
                 .decode::<ListIterator>()?
                 .map(|item| match item.get_type() {
                     TermType::Float => item.decode::<Option<$type>>(),
+                    TermType::Integer => {
+                        let int_value = item.decode::<i64>().unwrap();
+                        Ok(Some(int_value as $type))
+                    }
                     TermType::Atom => Ok(if nan.eq(&item) {
                         Some($module::NAN)
                     } else if infinity.eq(&item) {