diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index 26572e77..3a8c09e8 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -1297,8 +1297,8 @@ function _before_layout_calcs(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend})
             fontProperties = PyPlot.PyCall.PyDict(
                 Dict(
                     "family" => axis[:tickfontfamily],
-                    "math_fontfamily" =>
-                        py_get_matching_math_font(axis[:tickfontfamily]),
+                   # "math_fontfamily" =>
+                   #     py_get_matching_math_font(axis[:tickfontfamily]),
                     "size" => py_thickness_scale(plt, axis[:tickfontsize]),
                     "rotation" => axis[:tickfontrotation],
                 ),