diff --git a/examples/mixture/plot_gmm.py b/examples/mixture/plot_gmm.py
index add6165326a28635d68146bd64b455ee9f52a971..f0a6e7927722e932fa2d095f3865de6c2728ec01 100644
--- a/examples/mixture/plot_gmm.py
+++ b/examples/mixture/plot_gmm.py
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ for i, (clf, title) in enumerate([(gmm, 'GMM'),
 
     pl.xlim(-10, 10)
     pl.ylim(-3, 6)
+    pl.xticks(())
+    pl.yticks(())
     pl.title(title)
 
 pl.show()