diff --git a/figures/Schmidt2018/plotfuncs.py b/figures/Schmidt2018/plotfuncs.py
index d112cb87f8b47a9776d0cb61902708e7cbce4ef0..b29789e818ea94f782edcbdbac67b7e28b2b60d0 100644
--- a/figures/Schmidt2018/plotfuncs.py
+++ b/figures/Schmidt2018/plotfuncs.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import matplotlib as mp
 import matplotlib.pylab as pl
 import numpy as np
-mp.use('GTKAgg')
 
 
 class panel_factory():
diff --git a/figures/Schmidt2018_dyn/plotfuncs.py b/figures/Schmidt2018_dyn/plotfuncs.py
index cd6c2f30144d96742a06e6bf2f88696d64d4c50b..14099727c4e2067d0f535ad8668d8a4fb608c53e 100644
--- a/figures/Schmidt2018_dyn/plotfuncs.py
+++ b/figures/Schmidt2018_dyn/plotfuncs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import matplotlib as mp
 import numpy as np
-mp.use('GTKAgg')
 import pylab as pl
 
 
diff --git a/figures/SchueckerSchmidt2017/plotfuncs.py b/figures/SchueckerSchmidt2017/plotfuncs.py
index 94f315bf291c7b69d092348d296450e785fe566d..c38bdf6d56a2e23fb52747655984a9ccc47b04bc 100644
--- a/figures/SchueckerSchmidt2017/plotfuncs.py
+++ b/figures/SchueckerSchmidt2017/plotfuncs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import matplotlib as mp
 import numpy as np
-mp.use('GTKAgg')
 import pylab as pl