diff --git a/src/backends.jl b/src/backends.jl
index 68aaca71..e698263c 100644
--- a/src/backends.jl
+++ b/src/backends.jl
@@ -367,10 +367,10 @@ is_marker_supported(::GRBackend, shape::Shape) = true
 function _initialize_backend(pkg::PlotlyBackend)
     try
         @eval Main begin
-            import ORCA
+            import PlotlyBase
         end
     catch
-        @info "For saving to png with the Plotly backend ORCA has to be installed."
+        @info "For saving to png with the Plotly backend PlotlyBase has to be installed."
     end
 end
 
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ const _pgfplots_scale = [:identity, :ln, :log2, :log10]
 
 function _initialize_backend(pkg::PlotlyJSBackend)
     @eval Main begin
-        import PlotlyJS, ORCA
+        import PlotlyJS
         export PlotlyJS
     end
 end
diff --git a/src/backends/orca.jl b/src/backends/orca.jl
deleted file mode 100644
index 733e25a9..00000000
--- a/src/backends/orca.jl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-function plotlybase_syncplot(plt::Plot)
-    plt.o = ORCA.PlotlyBase.Plot()
-    traces = ORCA.PlotlyBase.GenericTrace[]
-    for series_dict in plotly_series(plt)
-        plotly_type = pop!(series_dict, :type)
-        push!(traces, ORCA.PlotlyBase.GenericTrace(plotly_type; series_dict...))
-    end
-    ORCA.PlotlyBase.addtraces!(plt.o, traces...)
-    layout = plotly_layout(plt)
-    w, h = plt[:size]
-    ORCA.PlotlyBase.relayout!(plt.o, layout, width = w, height = h)
-    return plt.o
-end
-
-for (mime, fmt) in (
-    "application/pdf" => "pdf",
-    "image/png" => "png",
-    "image/svg+xml" => "svg",
-    "image/eps" => "eps",
-)
-    @eval _show(io::IO, ::MIME{Symbol($mime)}, plt::Plot{PlotlyBackend}) =
-        ORCA.PlotlyBase.savefig(io, plotlybase_syncplot(plt), format = $fmt)
-end
diff --git a/src/init.jl b/src/init.jl
index 3f731395..b46e5ddc 100644
--- a/src/init.jl
+++ b/src/init.jl
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ function __init__()
         include(fn)
     end
 
-    @require ORCA = "47be7bcc-f1a6-5447-8b36-7eeeff7534fd" begin
-        fn = joinpath(@__DIR__, "backends", "orca.jl")
+    @require PlotlyBase = "a03496cd-edff-5a9b-9e67-9cda94a718b5" begin
+        fn = joinpath(@__DIR__, "backends", "plotlybase.jl")
         include(fn)
     end