diff --git a/package/MDAnalysis/coordinates/GSD.py b/package/MDAnalysis/coordinates/GSD.py
index 32178e0cf2b..50cbd9334d0 100644
--- a/package/MDAnalysis/coordinates/GSD.py
+++ b/package/MDAnalysis/coordinates/GSD.py
@@ -136,10 +136,3 @@ def _read_next_timestep(self) :
         """read next frame in trajectory"""
         return self._read_frame(self._frame + 1)
 
-#    def __getstate__(self):
-#        """Implement the pickle protocol."""
-#        return dict(name=self.filename)
-#
-#    def __setstate__(self, state):
-#        """Implement the pickle protocol."""
-#        self.__init__(state['name'])