diff --git a/galleries/examples/misc/histogram_path.py b/galleries/examples/misc/histogram_path.py
index 55260f9699bb..d35e291aa8ce 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/misc/histogram_path.py
+++ b/galleries/examples/misc/histogram_path.py
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 import matplotlib.patches as patches
 import matplotlib.path as path
 
-fig, axs = plt.subplots(2)
-
 np.random.seed(19680801)  # Fixing random state for reproducibility
 
 # histogram our data with numpy
@@ -44,8 +42,11 @@
 # make a patch out of it, don't add a margin at y=0
 patch = patches.PathPatch(barpath)
 patch.sticky_edges.y[:] = [0]
-axs[0].add_patch(patch)
-axs[0].autoscale_view()
+
+fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+ax.add_patch(patch)
+ax.autoscale_view()
+plt.show()
 
 # %%
 # Instead of creating a three-dimensional array and using
@@ -72,9 +73,10 @@
 # make a patch out of it, don't add a margin at y=0
 patch = patches.PathPatch(barpath)
 patch.sticky_edges.y[:] = [0]
-axs[1].add_patch(patch)
-axs[1].autoscale_view()
 
+fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+ax.add_patch(patch)
+ax.autoscale_view()
 plt.show()
 
 # %%