diff --git a/flopy/plot/mplstyle/usgsmap.mplstyle b/flopy/plot/mplstyle/usgsmap.mplstyle
index 663de1dc2..f704f245c 100644
--- a/flopy/plot/mplstyle/usgsmap.mplstyle
+++ b/flopy/plot/mplstyle/usgsmap.mplstyle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 font.family: sans-serif
-font.sans-serif: Arial
+font.sans-serif: Arial, Liberation Sans, DejaVu Sans
 font.size: 7
 axes.labelsize: 9
 axes.titlesize: 9
diff --git a/flopy/plot/mplstyle/usgsmap_linux.mplstyle b/flopy/plot/mplstyle/usgsmap_linux.mplstyle
deleted file mode 100644
index a9bbb12e8..000000000
--- a/flopy/plot/mplstyle/usgsmap_linux.mplstyle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-font.family: sans-serif
-font.sans-serif: Liberation Sans
-font.size: 7
-axes.labelsize: 9
-axes.titlesize: 9
-axes.linewidth: 0.5
-xtick.labelsize: 7
-xtick.top: True
-xtick.bottom: True
-xtick.major.size: 7.2
-xtick.minor.size: 3.6
-xtick.major.width: 0.5
-xtick.minor.width: 0.5
-xtick.direction: in
-ytick.labelsize: 7
-ytick.left: True
-ytick.right: True
-ytick.major.size: 7.2
-ytick.minor.size: 3.6
-ytick.major.width: 0.5
-ytick.minor.width: 0.5
-ytick.direction: in
-pdf.fonttype: 42
-savefig.dpi: 300
-savefig.transparent: True
-legend.fontsize: 9
-legend.frameon: False
-legend.markerscale: 1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/flopy/plot/mplstyle/usgsplot.mplstyle b/flopy/plot/mplstyle/usgsplot.mplstyle
index 21662f477..cd028b7ef 100644
--- a/flopy/plot/mplstyle/usgsplot.mplstyle
+++ b/flopy/plot/mplstyle/usgsplot.mplstyle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 font.family: sans-serif
-font.sans-serif: Arial
+font.sans-serif: Arial, Liberation Sans, DejaVu Sans
 font.size: 7
 axes.labelsize: 9
 axes.titlesize: 9
diff --git a/flopy/plot/mplstyle/usgsplot_linux.mplstyle b/flopy/plot/mplstyle/usgsplot_linux.mplstyle
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bd96d786..000000000
--- a/flopy/plot/mplstyle/usgsplot_linux.mplstyle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-font.family: sans-serif
-font.sans-serif: Liberation Sans
-font.size: 7
-axes.labelsize: 9
-axes.titlesize: 9
-axes.linewidth: 0.5
-xtick.labelsize: 8
-xtick.top: True
-xtick.bottom: True
-xtick.major.size: 7.2
-xtick.minor.size: 3.6
-xtick.major.width: 0.5
-xtick.minor.width: 0.5
-xtick.direction: in
-ytick.labelsize: 8
-ytick.left: True
-ytick.right: True
-ytick.major.size: 7.2
-ytick.minor.size: 3.6
-ytick.major.width: 0.5
-ytick.minor.width: 0.5
-ytick.direction: in
-pdf.fonttype: 42
-savefig.dpi: 300
-savefig.transparent: True
-legend.fontsize: 9
-legend.frameon: False
-legend.markerscale: 1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/flopy/plot/styles.py b/flopy/plot/styles.py
index a90f96d4e..48e916f07 100644
--- a/flopy/plot/styles.py
+++ b/flopy/plot/styles.py
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ class styles:
     _ws = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
     _map_style = os.path.join(_ws, "mplstyle", "usgsmap.mplstyle")
     _plot_style = os.path.join(_ws, "mplstyle", "usgsplot.mplstyle")
-    if platform.system() == "linux":
-        _map_style = os.path.join(_ws, "mplstyle", "usgsmap_linux.mplstyle")
-        _plot_style = os.path.join(_ws, "mplstyle", "usgsplot_linux.mplstyle")
 
     @classmethod
     def USGSMap(cls):