diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/AbstractStateBackend.java b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/AbstractStateBackend.java
index eb6a6542cc5e4..481c4bacc1773 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/AbstractStateBackend.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/AbstractStateBackend.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * users.
  */
 @PublicEvolving
-public abstract class AbstractStateBackend implements StateBackend, java.io.Serializable {
+public abstract class AbstractStateBackend implements StateBackend {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 4620415814639230247L;