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diff --git a/‎matplotlibrc.template
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@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ def validate_hist_bins(s):
     'verbose.fileo': ['sys.stdout', six.text_type],
 
     # line props
-    'lines.linewidth':       [2.5, validate_float],  # line width in points
+    'lines.linewidth':       [1.5, validate_float],  # line width in points
     'lines.linestyle':       ['-', six.text_type],             # solid line
     'lines.color':           ['b', validate_color],  # blue
     'lines.marker':          ['None', six.text_type],     # black
 
@@ -134,7 +134,10 @@ def test_rcupdate():
                                      '\\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}',
                                      '\\usepackage{sfmath}']})
     tol = (6, 0)
+    original_params = mpl.rcParams.copy()
     for i, rc_set in enumerate(rc_sets):
+        mpl.rcParams.clear()
+        mpl.rcParams.update(original_params)
         mpl.rcParams.update(rc_set)
         create_figure()
         compare_figure('pgf_rcupdate%d.pdf' % (i + 1), tol=tol[i])
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ backend      : $TEMPLATE_BACKEND
 ### LINES
 # See http://matplotlib.org/api/artist_api.html#module-matplotlib.lines for more
 # information on line properties.
-#lines.linewidth   : 2.0     # line width in points
+#lines.linewidth   : 1.5     # line width in points
 #lines.linestyle   : -       # solid line
 #lines.color       : blue    # has no affect on plot(); see axes.prop_cycle
 #lines.marker      : None    # the default marker