diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 215576e1..9dd57cc8 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "Plots"
 uuid = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80"
 author = ["Tom Breloff (@tbreloff)"]
-version = "1.3.7"
+version = "1.4.0"
 
 [deps]
 Base64 = "2a0f44e3-6c83-55bd-87e4-b1978d98bd5f"
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ JSON = "682c06a0-de6a-54ab-a142-c8b1cf79cde6"
 LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
 Measures = "442fdcdd-2543-5da2-b0f3-8c86c306513e"
 NaNMath = "77ba4419-2d1f-58cd-9bb1-8ffee604a2e3"
-Pkg = "44cfe95a-1eb2-52ea-b672-e2afdf69b78f"
 PlotThemes = "ccf2f8ad-2431-5c83-bf29-c5338b663b6a"
 PlotUtils = "995b91a9-d308-5afd-9ec6-746e21dbc043"
 Printf = "de0858da-6303-5e67-8744-51eddeeeb8d7"
diff --git a/src/backends.jl b/src/backends.jl
index 4aec7d9d..6d586358 100644
--- a/src/backends.jl
+++ b/src/backends.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-using Pkg
-
 struct NoBackend <: AbstractBackend end
 
 const _backendType = Dict{Symbol, DataType}(:none => NoBackend)