diff --git a/src/axes.jl b/src/axes.jl
index 742af517..e418018d 100644
--- a/src/axes.jl
+++ b/src/axes.jl
@@ -236,14 +236,14 @@ function get_ticks(sp::Subplot, axis::Axis; update = true)
 end
 
 # Ticks getter functions
-get_ticks(sp::Subplot, s::Symbol; kwargs...) = get_ticks(sp, sp[Symbol(s, :axis)]; kwargs...)
-xticks(sp::Subplot; kwargs...) = get_ticks(sp, :x)
-yticks(sp::Subplot; kwargs...) = get_ticks(sp, :y)
-zticks(sp::Subplot; kwargs...) = get_ticks(sp, :z)
-get_ticks(p::Plot, s::Symbol; kwargs...) = [get_ticks(sp, s; kwargs...) for sp in p.subplots]
-xticks(p::Plot; kwargs...) = get_ticks(p, :x)
-yticks(p::Plot; kwargs...) = get_ticks(p, :y)
-zticks(p::Plot; kwargs...) = get_ticks(p, :z)
+get_ticks(sp::Subplot, s::Symbol) = get_ticks(sp, sp[Symbol(s, :axis)])
+xticks(sp::Subplot) = get_ticks(sp, :x)
+yticks(sp::Subplot) = get_ticks(sp, :y)
+zticks(sp::Subplot) = get_ticks(sp, :z)
+get_ticks(p::Plot, s::Symbol) = [get_ticks(sp, s) for sp in p.subplots]
+xticks(p::Plot) = get_ticks(p, :x)
+yticks(p::Plot) = get_ticks(p, :y)
+zticks(p::Plot) = get_ticks(p, :z)
 export xticks, yticks, zticks
 
 function get_ticks(ticks::Symbol, cvals::T, dvals, args...) where T
diff --git a/test/test_axes.jl b/test/test_axes.jl
index 4de318d1..d981d21a 100644
--- a/test/test_axes.jl
+++ b/test/test_axes.jl
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ end
     p2 = plot(1:5, 1:5, 1:5, xticks=ticks2, yticks=ticks2, zticks=ticks2)
     p = plot(p1, p2)
     @test xticks(p) == yticks(p) == zticks(p) == [ticks1, ticks2]
+    @test xticks(p[1]) == yticks(p[1]) == zticks(p[1]) == ticks1
 end