diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/lines.py b/lib/matplotlib/lines.py
index 1f52371c67f7..e20b79af286c 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/lines.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/lines.py
@@ -445,12 +445,6 @@ def __init__(self, xdata, ydata,
 
         self.set_data(xdata, ydata)
 
-    def __getstate__(self):
-        state = super(Line2D, self).__getstate__()
-        # _linefunc will be restored on draw time.
-        state.pop('_lineFunc', None)
-        return state
-
     def contains(self, mouseevent):
         """
         Test whether the mouse event occurred on the line.  The pick
@@ -784,7 +778,7 @@ def draw(self, renderer):
         if funcname != '_draw_nothing':
             tpath, affine = transf_path.get_transformed_path_and_affine()
             if len(tpath.vertices):
-                self._lineFunc = getattr(self, funcname)
+                line_func = getattr(self, funcname)
                 gc = renderer.new_gc()
                 self._set_gc_clip(gc)
 
@@ -807,7 +801,7 @@ def draw(self, renderer):
                 if self.get_sketch_params() is not None:
                     gc.set_sketch_params(*self.get_sketch_params())
 
-                self._draw_lines(renderer, gc, tpath, affine.frozen())
+                line_func(renderer, gc, tpath, affine.frozen())
                 gc.restore()
 
         if self._marker and self._markersize > 0:
@@ -1250,9 +1244,6 @@ def set_dashes(self, seq):
         else:
             self.set_linestyle((0, seq))
 
-    def _draw_lines(self, renderer, gc, path, trans):
-        self._lineFunc(renderer, gc, path, trans)
-
     def _draw_solid(self, renderer, gc, path, trans):
         gc.set_linestyle('solid')
         gc.set_dashes(self._dashOffset, self._dashSeq)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_pickle.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_pickle.py
index 7c86da82ae1c..5727c1316281 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_pickle.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_pickle.py
@@ -229,20 +229,6 @@ def test_image():
     pickle.dump(fig, BytesIO())
 
 
-@cleanup
-def test_grid():
-    from matplotlib.backends.backend_agg import new_figure_manager
-    manager = new_figure_manager(1000)
-    fig = manager.canvas.figure
-    ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 1, 1)
-    ax.grid()
-    # Drawing the grid triggers instance methods to be attached
-    # to the Line2D object (_lineFunc).
-    manager.canvas.draw()
-
-    pickle.dump(ax, BytesIO())
-
-
 @cleanup
 def test_polar():
     ax = plt.subplot(111, polar=True)