diff --git a/examples/svm/plot_oneclass.py b/examples/svm/plot_oneclass.py
index 43d96dbd83b6c67c6b78065af747925c8f5c475d..871001de0d3c3ed4554d261458248cd15e309b6e 100644
--- a/examples/svm/plot_oneclass.py
+++ b/examples/svm/plot_oneclass.py
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ pl.set_cmap(pl.cm.Paired)
 pl.contourf(xx, yy, Z)
 pl.scatter(X[y_pred>0,0], X[y_pred>0,1], c='white', label='inliers')
 pl.scatter(X[y_pred<=0,0], X[y_pred<=0,1], c='black', label='outliers')
-pl.axis('tight')
+pl.xlim(xx.min(), xx.max())
+pl.ylim(yy.min(), yy.max())
+pl.xticks(())
+pl.yticks(())
 pl.legend()
 pl.show()