diff --git a/kernel/src/scan/mod.rs b/kernel/src/scan/mod.rs
index 53aec0c7..45e2de80 100644
--- a/kernel/src/scan/mod.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/scan/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //! Functionality to create and execute scans (reads) over data stored in a delta table
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use itertools::Itertools;
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ use crate::expressions::{ColumnName, Expression, ExpressionRef, Scalar};
 use crate::scan::state::{DvInfo, Stats};
 use crate::schema::{DataType, Schema, SchemaRef, StructField, StructType};
 use crate::snapshot::Snapshot;
-use crate::table_changes::table_changes_scan::TableChangesScan;
 use crate::table_features::ColumnMappingMode;
 use crate::{DeltaResult, Engine, EngineData, Error, FileMeta};
 
@@ -25,31 +23,22 @@ mod data_skipping;
 pub mod log_replay;
 pub mod state;
 
-pub mod marker {
-    use crate::{snapshot::Snapshot, table_changes::TableChanges};
-
-    pub trait ScanType {
-        type Scannable;
-    }
-    pub struct TableChangesScanType {}
-    impl ScanType for TableChangesScan {
-        type Scannable = TableChanges;
-    }
-    pub struct SnapshotScan {}
-    impl ScanType for SnapshotScan {
-        type Scannable = Snapshot;
-    }
+pub trait Scannable {
+    type ScanType;
+    fn build_scan(
+        self: Arc<Self>,
+        schema: Option<SchemaRef>,
+        predicate: Option<ExpressionRef>,
+    ) -> DeltaResult<Self::ScanType>;
 }
-
 /// Builder to scan a snapshot of a table.
-pub struct ScanBuilder<T: marker::ScanType> {
-    scannable: Arc<T::Scannable>,
+pub struct ScanBuilder<T: Scannable> {
+    scannable: Arc<T>,
     schema: Option<SchemaRef>,
     predicate: Option<ExpressionRef>,
-    scan_type: PhantomData<T>,
 }
 
-impl<T: marker::ScanType> std::fmt::Debug for ScanBuilder<T> {
+impl<T: Scannable> std::fmt::Debug for ScanBuilder<T> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), std::fmt::Error> {
         f.debug_struct("ScanBuilder")
             .field("schema", &self.schema)
@@ -58,14 +47,13 @@ impl<T: marker::ScanType> std::fmt::Debug for ScanBuilder<T> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: marker::ScanType> ScanBuilder<T> {
+impl<T: Scannable> ScanBuilder<T> {
     /// Create a new [`ScanBuilder`] instance.
-    pub fn new(scannable: impl Into<Arc<T::Scannable>>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(scannable: impl Into<Arc<T>>) -> Self {
         Self {
             scannable: scannable.into(),
             schema: None,
             predicate: None,
-            scan_type: Default::default(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -100,52 +88,48 @@ impl<T: marker::ScanType> ScanBuilder<T> {
         self.predicate = predicate.into();
         self
     }
+
+    pub fn build(self) -> DeltaResult<T::ScanType> {
+        self.scannable.build_scan(self.schema, self.predicate)
+    }
 }
-impl ScanBuilder<marker::SnapshotScan> {
+
+impl Scannable for Snapshot {
+    type ScanType = Scan;
     /// Build the [`Scan`].
     ///
     /// This does not scan the table at this point, but does do some work to ensure that the
     /// provided schema make sense, and to prepare some metadata that the scan will need.  The
     /// [`Scan`] type itself can be used to fetch the files and associated metadata required to
     /// perform actual data reads.
-    pub fn build(self) -> DeltaResult<Scan> {
+    fn build_scan(
+        self: Arc<Self>,
+        schema: Option<SchemaRef>,
+        predicate: Option<ExpressionRef>,
+    ) -> DeltaResult<Scan> {
         // if no schema is provided, use snapshot's entire schema (e.g. SELECT *)
-        let logical_schema = self
-            .schema
-            .unwrap_or_else(|| self.scannable.schema().clone().into());
+        let logical_schema = schema.unwrap_or_else(|| self.schema().clone().into());
         let (all_fields, read_fields, have_partition_cols) = get_state_info(
             logical_schema.as_ref(),
-            &self.scannable.metadata().partition_columns,
-            self.scannable.column_mapping_mode,
+            &self.metadata().partition_columns,
+            self.column_mapping_mode,
         )?;
         let physical_schema = Arc::new(StructType::new(read_fields));
 
         // important! before a read/write to the table we must check it is supported
-        self.scannable.protocol().ensure_read_supported()?;
+        self.protocol().ensure_read_supported()?;
 
         Ok(Scan {
-            snapshot: self.scannable,
+            snapshot: self,
             logical_schema,
             physical_schema,
-            predicate: self.predicate,
+            predicate,
             all_fields,
             have_partition_cols,
         })
     }
 }
 
-impl ScanBuilder<marker::TableChangesScanType> {
-    /// Build the [`Scan`].
-    ///
-    /// This does not scan the table at this point, but does do some work to ensure that the
-    /// provided schema make sense, and to prepare some metadata that the scan will need.  The
-    /// [`Scan`] type itself can be used to fetch the files and associated metadata required to
-    /// perform actual data reads.
-    pub fn build(self) -> DeltaResult<TableChangesScan> {
-        Ok(TableChangesScan {})
-    }
-}
-
 /// A vector of this type is returned from calling [`Scan::execute`]. Each [`ScanResult`] contains
 /// the raw [`EngineData`] as read by the engines [`crate::ParquetHandler`], and a boolean
 /// mask. Rows can be dropped from a scan due to deletion vectors, so we communicate back both
diff --git a/kernel/src/snapshot.rs b/kernel/src/snapshot.rs
index 874ef8d9..112fb1cb 100644
--- a/kernel/src/snapshot.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/snapshot.rs
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ impl Snapshot {
     }
 
     /// Create a [`ScanBuilder`] for an `Arc<Snapshot>`.
-    pub fn scan_builder(self: Arc<Self>) -> ScanBuilder {
+    pub fn scan_builder(self: Arc<Self>) -> ScanBuilder<Self> {
         ScanBuilder::new(self)
     }
 
     /// Consume this `Snapshot` to create a [`ScanBuilder`]
-    pub fn into_scan_builder(self) -> ScanBuilder {
+    pub fn into_scan_builder(self) -> ScanBuilder<Self> {
         ScanBuilder::new(self)
     }
 }
diff --git a/kernel/src/table_changes/table_changes_scan.rs b/kernel/src/table_changes/table_changes_scan.rs
index fafcbaf7..9ba97d1b 100644
--- a/kernel/src/table_changes/table_changes_scan.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/table_changes/table_changes_scan.rs
@@ -1 +1,18 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use crate::{scan::Scannable, schema::SchemaRef, DeltaResult, ExpressionRef};
+
+use super::TableChanges;
+
 pub struct TableChangesScan {}
+
+impl Scannable for TableChanges {
+    type ScanType = TableChangesScan;
+    fn build_scan(
+        self: Arc<Self>,
+        _schema: Option<SchemaRef>,
+        _predicate: Option<ExpressionRef>,
+    ) -> DeltaResult<Self::ScanType> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}