diff --git a/GPy/plotting/matplot_dep/base_plots.py b/GPy/plotting/matplot_dep/base_plots.py
index 45597628..aefb3e8d 100644
--- a/GPy/plotting/matplot_dep/base_plots.py
+++ b/GPy/plotting/matplot_dep/base_plots.py
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 # #Copyright (c) 2012, GPy authors (see AUTHORS.txt).
 # Licensed under the BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE.txt)
-
-
-try:
-    #import Tango
-    from matplotlib import pyplot as pb
-except:
-    pass
-import numpy as np
+from matplotlib import pyplot as pb
 
 def ax_default(fignum, ax):
     if ax is None: