diff --git a/modin/backends/pandas/query_compiler.py b/modin/backends/pandas/query_compiler.py
index 521e013c558..065bf38ac2b 100644
--- a/modin/backends/pandas/query_compiler.py
+++ b/modin/backends/pandas/query_compiler.py
@@ -650,8 +650,6 @@ def is_monotonic_increasing(df):
         return self.default_to_pandas(is_monotonic_increasing)
 
     count = MapReduceFunction.register(pandas.DataFrame.count, pandas.DataFrame.sum)
-    max = MapReduceFunction.register(pandas.DataFrame.max)
-    min = MapReduceFunction.register(pandas.DataFrame.min)
     sum = MapReduceFunction.register(pandas.DataFrame.sum)
     prod = MapReduceFunction.register(pandas.DataFrame.prod)
     any = MapReduceFunction.register(pandas.DataFrame.any, pandas.DataFrame.any)
@@ -662,6 +660,34 @@ def is_monotonic_increasing(df):
         axis=0,
     )
 
+    def max(self, axis, **kwargs):
+        def map_func(df, **kwargs):
+            return pandas.DataFrame.max(df, **kwargs)
+
+        def reduce_func(df, **kwargs):
+            if "numeric_only" in kwargs.keys() and kwargs["numeric_only"]:
+                kwargs = kwargs.copy()
+                kwargs["numeric_only"] = not kwargs["numeric_only"]
+            return pandas.DataFrame.max(df, **kwargs)
+
+        return MapReduceFunction.register(map_func, reduce_func)(
+            self, axis=axis, **kwargs
+        )
+
+    def min(self, axis, **kwargs):
+        def map_func(df, **kwargs):
+            return pandas.DataFrame.min(df, **kwargs)
+
+        def reduce_func(df, **kwargs):
+            if "numeric_only" in kwargs.keys() and kwargs["numeric_only"]:
+                kwargs = kwargs.copy()
+                kwargs["numeric_only"] = not kwargs["numeric_only"]
+            return pandas.DataFrame.min(df, **kwargs)
+
+        return MapReduceFunction.register(map_func, reduce_func)(
+            self, axis=axis, **kwargs
+        )
+
     def mean(self, axis, **kwargs):
         if kwargs.get("level") is not None:
             return self.default_to_pandas(pandas.DataFrame.mean, axis=axis, **kwargs)
diff --git a/modin/data_management/functions/mapreducefunction.py b/modin/data_management/functions/mapreducefunction.py
index 35669e1fb20..e76426d4f7d 100644
--- a/modin/data_management/functions/mapreducefunction.py
+++ b/modin/data_management/functions/mapreducefunction.py
@@ -20,20 +20,11 @@ def call(cls, map_function, reduce_function, **call_kwds):
         def caller(query_compiler, *args, **kwargs):
             preserve_index = call_kwds.pop("preserve_index", True)
             axis = call_kwds.get("axis", kwargs.get("axis"))
-            if kwargs.get("numeric_only", "is_not_exist") == "is_not_exist":
-                kwargs_for_reduce = kwargs
-            else:
-                kwargs_for_reduce = kwargs.copy()
-                if kwargs_for_reduce["numeric_only"]:
-                    kwargs_for_reduce["numeric_only"] = not kwargs_for_reduce[
-                        "numeric_only"
-                    ]
-
             return query_compiler.__constructor__(
                 query_compiler._modin_frame._map_reduce(
                     cls.validate_axis(axis),
                     lambda x: map_function(x, *args, **kwargs),
-                    lambda y: reduce_function(y, *args, **kwargs_for_reduce),
+                    lambda y: reduce_function(y, *args, **kwargs),
                     preserve_index=preserve_index,
                 )
             )