diff --git a/examples/svm/plot_iris.py b/examples/svm/plot_iris.py
index c250eed62cfb2dfe24d3c52455d52aff549376e8..1a7e65ed36da3a683b795fbf0fa8e2b4d7a75789 100644
--- a/examples/svm/plot_iris.py
+++ b/examples/svm/plot_iris.py
@@ -53,12 +53,11 @@ for i, clf in enumerate((svc, rbf_svc, nu_svc, lin_svc)):
     Z = Z.reshape(xx.shape)
     pl.set_cmap(pl.cm.Paired)
     pl.contourf(xx, yy, Z)
-    pl.axis('tight')
+    pl.axis('off')
 
     # Plot also the training points
     pl.scatter(X[:,0], X[:,1], c=Y)
 
     pl.title(titles[i])
 
-pl.axis('tight')
 pl.show()