diff --git a/src/backends/gr.jl b/src/backends/gr.jl
index a79cf62f..6168a1de 100644
--- a/src/backends/gr.jl
+++ b/src/backends/gr.jl
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ function gr_display(sp::Subplot{GRBackend}, w, h, viewport_canvas)
                 should_add_to_legend(series) || continue
                 st = series[:seriestype]
                 gr_set_line(series[:linewidth], series[:linestyle], series[:linecolor]) #, series[:linealpha])
-                if st == :path && (series[:fillrange] == nothing || has_ribbon(series))
+                if st == :path && (series[:fillrange] == nothing || series[:ribbon] != nothing)
                     GR.polyline([xpos - 0.07, xpos - 0.01], [ypos, ypos])
                 elseif st == :shape || series[:fillrange] != nothing
                     gr_set_fill(series[:fillcolor]) #, series[:fillalpha])
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index 84d82ea5..d8aced3d 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -497,12 +497,6 @@ function make_fillrange_from_ribbon(kw::KW)
     kw[:fillrange] = make_fillrange_side(y, rib1), make_fillrange_side(y, rib2)
 end
 
-# check if series has a ribbon
-function has_ribbon(series::Series)
-    series[:ribbon] == nothing && return false
-    return series[:ribbon] > 0
-end
-
 function get_sp_lims(sp::Subplot, letter::Symbol)
     axis_limits(sp[Symbol(letter, :axis)])
 end