diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/conftest.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/conftest.py
index 6f77356eb3762..11568564af208 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/conftest.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/conftest.py
@@ -7,13 +7,6 @@
 )
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
-def non_interactive():
-    mpl = pytest.importorskip("matplotlib")
-    mpl.use("template")
-    yield
-
-
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def reset_rcParams():
     mpl = pytest.importorskip("matplotlib")
@@ -23,11 +16,8 @@ def reset_rcParams():
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def close_all_figures():
-    # https://stackoverflow.com/q/31156578
     yield
     plt = pytest.importorskip("matplotlib.pyplot")
-    plt.cla()
-    plt.clf()
     plt.close("all")
 
 
@@ -55,4 +45,4 @@ def hist_df():
             ),
         }
     )
-    return hist_df
+    return hist_df
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