diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 482525fd3542a..a3061cdada105 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Removed duplicated file extension when uploading model checkpoints with `NeptuneLogger` ([#11015](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/11015))
 
 
+- Removed `__getstate__` and `__setstate__` of `RichProgressBar` ([#11100](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/11100))
+
+
 - The `DDPPlugin` and `DDPSpawnPlugin` and their subclasses now remove the `SyncBatchNorm` wrappers in `teardown()` to enable proper support at inference after fitting ([#11078](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/11078))
 
 
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/progress/rich_progress.py b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/progress/rich_progress.py
index 2e24df6da61f6..f983ccdaab12e 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/progress/rich_progress.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/progress/rich_progress.py
@@ -318,17 +318,6 @@ def on_validation_start(self, trainer, pl_module):
         super().on_validation_start(trainer, pl_module)
         self._init_progress(trainer)
 
-    def __getstate__(self):
-        # can't pickle the rich progress objects
-        state = self.__dict__.copy()
-        state["progress"] = None
-        state["_console"] = None
-        return state
-
-    def __setstate__(self, state):
-        self.__dict__ = state
-        self._console = Console(**self._console_kwargs)
-
     def on_sanity_check_start(self, trainer, pl_module):
         super().on_sanity_check_start(trainer, pl_module)
         self._init_progress(trainer)