diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/buffer.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/buffer.py
index dc7a502cb8b..3f08e5cacef 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/buffer.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/buffer.py
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 import rmm
 from rmm import DeviceBuffer, _DevicePointer
 
+from cudf.core.abc import Serializable
 
-class Buffer:
+
+class Buffer(Serializable):
     def __init__(self, data=None, size=None, owner=None):
         """
         A Buffer represents a device memory allocation.
@@ -58,9 +60,6 @@ def __init__(self, data=None, size=None, owner=None):
                 raise TypeError("data must be Buffer, array-like or integer")
             self._init_from_array_like(np.asarray(data), owner)
 
-    def __reduce__(self):
-        return self.__class__, (self.to_host_array(),)
-
     def __len__(self):
         return self.size
 
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/column.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/column.py
index 38f2a1616b4..a223994a707 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/column.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/column.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from cudf._lib.scalar import as_scalar
 from cudf._lib.stream_compaction import unique_count as cpp_unique_count
 from cudf._lib.transform import bools_to_mask
+from cudf.core.abc import Serializable
 from cudf.core.buffer import Buffer
 from cudf.core.dtypes import CategoricalDtype
 from cudf.utils import cudautils, ioutils, utils
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@
 from cudf.utils.utils import buffers_from_pyarrow, mask_dtype
 
 
-class ColumnBase(Column):
+class ColumnBase(Serializable, Column):
     def __init__(
         self,
         data,
@@ -67,20 +68,6 @@ def __init__(
             children=children,
         )
 
-    def __reduce__(self):
-        return (
-            build_column,
-            (
-                self.data,
-                self.dtype,
-                self.mask,
-                self.size,
-                0,
-                self.null_count,
-                self.children,
-            ),
-        )
-
     def as_frame(self):
         from cudf.core.frame import Frame
 
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
index de3336f1bdc..547a761de12 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 from cudf._lib.null_mask import MaskState, create_null_mask
 from cudf._lib.nvtx import annotate
 from cudf.core import column
+from cudf.core.abc import Serializable
 from cudf.core.column import as_column, column_empty
 from cudf.core.column_accessor import ColumnAccessor
 from cudf.core.frame import Frame
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ def _reverse_op(fn):
     }[fn]
 
 
-class DataFrame(Frame):
+class DataFrame(Serializable, Frame):
     """
     A GPU Dataframe object.
 
@@ -1631,9 +1632,6 @@ def __deepcopy__(self, memo={}):
             memo = {}
         return self.copy(deep=True)
 
-    def __reduce__(self):
-        return (DataFrame, (self._data, self.index))
-
     @annotate("INSERT", color="green", domain="cudf_python")
     def insert(self, loc, name, value):
         """ Add a column to DataFrame at the index specified by loc.
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/groupby/groupby.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/groupby/groupby.py
index 964490b9154..27c97c7e080 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/groupby/groupby.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/groupby/groupby.py
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 import pandas as pd
 
 import cudf
+from cudf.core.abc import Serializable
 import cudf._lib.groupby as libgroupby
 from cudf._lib.nvtx import annotate
 
 
-class GroupBy(object):
+class GroupBy(Serializable):
     """
     Group a DataFrame or Series by a set of columns.
 
@@ -510,7 +511,7 @@ def __init__(self, key=None, level=None):
         self.level = level
 
 
-class _Grouping(object):
+class _Grouping(Serializable):
     def __init__(self, obj, by=None, level=None):
         self._obj = obj
         self._key_columns = []
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/index.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/index.py
index 1cb1c08c3d2..e46b0ad43b7 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/index.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/index.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import cudf
 from cudf._lib.nvtx import annotate
+from cudf.core.abc import Serializable
 from cudf.core.column import (
     CategoricalColumn,
     ColumnBase,
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ def _to_frame(this_index, index=True, name=None):
     )
 
 
-class Index(Frame):
+class Index(Serializable, Frame):
     """The root interface for all Series indexes.
     """
 
@@ -646,9 +647,6 @@ def __getitem__(self, index):
     def __eq__(self, other):
         return super(type(self), self).__eq__(other)
 
-    def __reduce__(self):
-        return (RangeIndex, (self._start, self._stop, self.name))
-
     def equals(self, other):
         if self is other:
             return True
@@ -829,13 +827,6 @@ def copy(self, deep=True):
     def __sizeof__(self):
         return self._values.__sizeof__()
 
-    def __reduce__(self):
-        _maker = functools.partial(
-            self.__class__, self._values, name=self.name
-        )
-
-        return _maker, ()
-
     def __len__(self):
         return len(self._values)
 
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/multiindex.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/multiindex.py
index 9728828a888..638b89cdf94 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/multiindex.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/multiindex.py
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@
 import pandas as pd
 
 import cudf
+from cudf.core.abc import Serializable
 from cudf.core.column import column
 from cudf.core.index import Index, as_index
 
 
-class MultiIndex(Index):
+class MultiIndex(Serializable, Index):
     """A multi-level or hierarchical index.
 
     Provides N-Dimensional indexing into Series and DataFrame objects.
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/series.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/series.py
index e6d80c01038..e0848b0317a 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/series.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/series.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import cudf
 import cudf._lib as libcudf
 from cudf._lib.nvtx import annotate
+from cudf.core.abc import Serializable
 from cudf.core.column import (
     ColumnBase,
     DatetimeColumn,
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
 )
 
 
-class Series(Frame):
+class Series(Serializable, Frame):
     """
     Data and null-masks.