diff --git a/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl b/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
index 8bb64364..cd058022 100644
--- a/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
+++ b/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ function unicodeplots_rebuild(plt::Plot{UnicodePlotsBackend})
         end
 
         kw = (
+            compact = true,
             title = sp[:title],
             xlabel = xaxis[:guide],
             ylabel = yaxis[:guide],