diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
index 0c85673b2b10..fe19620943ab 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
@@ -1516,27 +1516,6 @@ def __init__(self, name, canvas, key, x=0, y=0, guiEvent=None):
         self.key = key
 
 
-def _get_renderer(figure, print_method):
-    """
-    Get the renderer that would be used to save a `~.Figure`, and cache it on
-    the figure.
-    """
-    # This is implemented by triggering a draw, then immediately jumping out of
-    # Figure.draw() by raising an exception.
-
-    class Done(Exception):
-        pass
-
-    def _draw(renderer): raise Done(renderer)
-
-    with cbook._setattr_cm(figure, draw=_draw):
-        try:
-            print_method(io.BytesIO())
-        except Done as exc:
-            figure._cachedRenderer, = exc.args
-            return figure._cachedRenderer
-
-
 def _is_non_interactive_terminal_ipython(ip):
     """
     Return whether we are in a a terminal IPython, but non interactive.
@@ -2059,12 +2038,20 @@ def print_figure(self, filename, dpi=None, facecolor=None, edgecolor=None,
                 bbox_inches = rcParams['savefig.bbox']
 
             if bbox_inches:
+                # call adjust_bbox to save only the given area
                 if bbox_inches == "tight":
-                    renderer = _get_renderer(
-                        self.figure,
-                        functools.partial(
-                            print_method, dpi=dpi, orientation=orientation))
-                    self.figure.draw(renderer)
+                    # When bbox_inches == "tight", it saves the figure twice.
+                    # The first save command (to a BytesIO) is just to estimate
+                    # the bounding box of the figure.
+                    result = print_method(
+                        io.BytesIO(),
+                        dpi=dpi,
+                        facecolor=facecolor,
+                        edgecolor=edgecolor,
+                        orientation=orientation,
+                        dryrun=True,
+                        **kwargs)
+                    renderer = self.figure._cachedRenderer
                     bbox_artists = kwargs.pop("bbox_extra_artists", None)
                     bbox_inches = self.figure.get_tightbbox(renderer,
                             bbox_extra_artists=bbox_artists)
@@ -2074,7 +2061,6 @@ def print_figure(self, filename, dpi=None, facecolor=None, edgecolor=None,
 
                     bbox_inches = bbox_inches.padded(pad)
 
-                # call adjust_bbox to save only the given area
                 restore_bbox = tight_bbox.adjust_bbox(self.figure, bbox_inches,
                                                       canvas.fixed_dpi)
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py
index 67e80611ef10..de24d0c6ccee 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py
@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ def print_to_buffer(self):
         # print_figure(), and the latter ensures that `self.figure.dpi` already
         # matches the dpi kwarg (if any).
 
-        @cbook._delete_parameter("3.2", "dryrun")
         def print_jpg(self, filename_or_obj, *args, dryrun=False,
                       pil_kwargs=None, **kwargs):
             """
@@ -601,7 +600,6 @@ def print_jpg(self, filename_or_obj, *args, dryrun=False,
 
         print_jpeg = print_jpg
 
-        @cbook._delete_parameter("3.2", "dryrun")
         def print_tif(self, filename_or_obj, *args, dryrun=False,
                       pil_kwargs=None, **kwargs):
             FigureCanvasAgg.draw(self)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_pgf.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_pgf.py
index 6c8e7e06c8b3..54318abc730c 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_pgf.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_pgf.py
@@ -810,7 +810,6 @@ class FigureCanvasPgf(FigureCanvasBase):
     def get_default_filetype(self):
         return 'pdf'
 
-    @cbook._delete_parameter("3.2", "dryrun")
     def _print_pgf_to_fh(self, fh, *args,
                          dryrun=False, bbox_inches_restore=None, **kwargs):
         if dryrun:
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py
index 0eee04f07cf6..7562de37d97f 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py
@@ -851,7 +851,6 @@ def _print_ps(self, outfile, format, *args,
         printer(outfile, format, dpi, facecolor, edgecolor,
                 orientation, papertype, **kwargs)
 
-    @cbook._delete_parameter("3.2", "dryrun")
     def _print_figure(
             self, outfile, format, dpi, facecolor, edgecolor,
             orientation, papertype, *,
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/table.py b/lib/matplotlib/table.py
index c4faafdea5fd..69d26d998a91 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/table.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/table.py
@@ -455,7 +455,6 @@ def get_children(self):
 
     def get_window_extent(self, renderer):
         """Return the bounding box of the table in window coords."""
-        self._update_positions(renderer)
         boxes = [cell.get_window_extent(renderer)
                  for cell in self._cells.values()]
         return Bbox.union(boxes)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pgf.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pgf.py
index 269606c7feca..7843b4101041 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pgf.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pgf.py
@@ -282,3 +282,11 @@ def test_tex_restart_after_error():
     fig = plt.figure()  # start from scratch
     fig.suptitle(r"this is ok")
     fig.savefig(BytesIO(), format="pgf")
+
+
+@needs_xelatex
+def test_bbox_inches_tight(tmpdir):
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+    ax.imshow([[0, 1], [2, 3]])
+    fig.savefig(os.path.join(tmpdir, "test.pdf"), backend="pgf",
+                bbox_inches="tight")