diff --git a/examples/heat_scatter.py b/examples/heat_scatter.py
index a7df620ca5..a8e5ee47b9 100644
--- a/examples/heat_scatter.py
+++ b/examples/heat_scatter.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 """
 import seaborn as sns
-from seaborn._compat import get_legend_handles
 sns.set_theme(style="whitegrid")
 
 # Load the brain networks dataset, select subset, and collapse the multi-index
@@ -38,5 +37,3 @@
 g.ax.margins(.02)
 for label in g.ax.get_xticklabels():
     label.set_rotation(90)
-for artist in get_legend_handles(g.legend):
-    artist.set_edgecolor(".7")