MNT: do not special-case backend in rc_file_defaults

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit 7bd83e87e713 · 2018-08-27T15:10:27.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
@@ -1229,8 +1229,7 @@ def rc_file_defaults():
         warnings.simplefilter("ignore", mplDeprecation)
         from .style.core import STYLE_BLACKLIST
         rcParams.update({k: rcParamsOrig[k] for k in rcParamsOrig
-                         if k not in STYLE_BLACKLIST and k != 'backend'})
-        rcParams['backend'] = dict.__getitem__(rcParamsOrig, 'backend')
+                         if k not in STYLE_BLACKLIST})
 
 
 def rc_file(fname):
