diff --git a/src/Plots.jl b/src/Plots.jl
index e8113cac..4eb76c34 100644
--- a/src/Plots.jl
+++ b/src/Plots.jl
@@ -182,7 +182,10 @@ import RecipesPipeline: SliceIt,
     pop_kw!,
     scale_func,
     inverse_scale_func,
-    unzip
+    unzip,
+    dateformatter,
+    datetimeformatter,
+    timeformatter
 
 include("types.jl")
 include("utils.jl")
diff --git a/src/axes.jl b/src/axes.jl
index 4069b4e6..76c465d1 100644
--- a/src/axes.jl
+++ b/src/axes.jl
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ function optimal_ticks_and_labels(sp::Subplot, axis::Axis, ticks = nothing)
     # rather than on the input format
     # TODO: maybe: non-trivial scale (:ln, :log2, :log10) for date/datetime
     if ticks === nothing && scale == :identity
-        if axis[:formatter] == dateformatter
+        if axis[:formatter] == RecipesPipeline.dateformatter
             # optimize_datetime_ticks returns ticks and labels(!) based on
             # integers/floats corresponding to the DateTime type. Thus, the axes
             # limits, which resulted from converting the Date type to integers,
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ function optimal_ticks_and_labels(sp::Subplot, axis::Axis, ticks = nothing)
                 k_min = 2, k_max = 4)
             # Now the ticks are converted back to floats corresponding to Dates.
             return ticks / 864e5, labels
-        elseif axis[:formatter] == datetimeformatter
+        elseif axis[:formatter] == RecipesPipeline.datetimeformatter
             return optimize_datetime_ticks(amin, amax; k_min = 2, k_max = 4)
         end
     end
diff --git a/src/recipes.jl b/src/recipes.jl
index 5b8d6694..6fcea5ad 100644
--- a/src/recipes.jl
+++ b/src/recipes.jl
@@ -1415,26 +1415,6 @@ abline!(plt::Plot, a, b; kw...) =
 
 abline!(args...; kw...) = abline!(current(), args...; kw...)
 
-
-# -------------------------------------------------
-# Dates & Times
-
-dateformatter(dt) = string(Date(Dates.UTD(dt)))
-datetimeformatter(dt) = string(DateTime(Dates.UTM(dt)))
-timeformatter(t) = string(Dates.Time(Dates.Nanosecond(t)))
-
-@recipe f(::Type{Date}, dt::Date) = (dt -> Dates.value(dt), dateformatter)
-@recipe f(::Type{DateTime}, dt::DateTime) =
-    (dt -> Dates.value(dt), datetimeformatter)
-@recipe f(::Type{Dates.Time}, t::Dates.Time) = (t -> Dates.value(t), timeformatter)
-@recipe f(::Type{P}, t::P) where {P<:Dates.Period} =
-    (t -> Dates.value(t), t -> string(P(t)))
-
-# -------------------------------------------------
-# Characters
-
-@recipe f(::Type{<:AbstractChar}, ::AbstractChar) = (string, string)
-
 # -------------------------------------------------
 # Complex Numbers