diff --git a/src/examples.jl b/src/examples.jl
index 56a98e6bf..f67466640 100644
--- a/src/examples.jl
+++ b/src/examples.jl
@@ -1329,7 +1329,8 @@ _backend_skips = Dict(
     ],
 )
 _backend_skips[:plotly] = _backend_skips[:plotlyjs]
-_backend_skips[:pythonplot] = _backend_skips[:pyplot]
+# TODO: recover those numbers
+# _backend_skips[:pythonplot] = _backend_skips[:pyplot]
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # replace `f(args...)` with `f(rng, args...)` for `f ∈ (rand, randn)`
diff --git a/src/output.jl b/src/output.jl
index f9d255132..3e319bb78 100644
--- a/src/output.jl
+++ b/src/output.jl
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ end
 # ---------------------------------------------------------
 
 const _best_html_output_type =
-    KW(:pyplot => :png, :unicodeplots => :txt, :plotlyjs => :html, :plotly => :html)
+    KW(:pythonplot => :png, :unicodeplots => :txt, :plotlyjs => :html, :plotly => :html)
 
 # a backup for html... passes to svg or png depending on the html_output_format arg
 function _show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/html", plt::Plot)
diff --git a/test/test_backends.jl b/test/test_backends.jl
index 1098ac79f..f06e42268 100644
--- a/test/test_backends.jl
+++ b/test/test_backends.jl
@@ -130,10 +130,6 @@ with(:plotlyjs) do
     image_comparison_facts(:plotlyjs, tol = PLOTS_IMG_TOL, skip = Plots._backend_skips[:plotlyjs])
 end
 
-with(:pyplot) do
-    image_comparison_facts(:pyplot, tol = PLOTS_IMG_TOL, skip = Plots._backend_skips[:pyplot])
-end
-
 with(:pgfplotsx) do
     image_comparison_facts(:pgfplotsx, tol = PLOTS_IMG_TOL, skip = Plots._backend_skips[:pgfplotsx])
 end