diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/tests/baseline_images/test_axes_grid1/anchored_locator_base_call.png b/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/tests/baseline_images/test_axes_grid1/anchored_locator_base_call.png
index 4ce2fee7d2ce..2f4dcbdd4dac 100644
Binary files a/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/tests/baseline_images/test_axes_grid1/anchored_locator_base_call.png and b/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/tests/baseline_images/test_axes_grid1/anchored_locator_base_call.png differ
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/tests/test_axes_grid1.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/tests/test_axes_grid1.py
index d196e631ff70..37f55d8f1db1 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/tests/test_axes_grid1.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/tests/test_axes_grid1.py
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ def test_removal():
     fig.canvas.draw()
 
 
-@image_comparison(['anchored_locator_base_call.png'], style="mpl20", remove_text=True)
+@image_comparison(['anchored_locator_base_call.png'], style="mpl20")
 def test_anchored_locator_base_call():
     fig = plt.figure(figsize=(3, 3))
     fig1, fig2 = fig.subfigures(
@@ -727,6 +727,7 @@ def test_anchored_locator_base_call():
 
     ax = fig1.subplots()
     ax.set(aspect=1, xlim=(-15, 15), ylim=(-20, 5))
+    ax.set(xticks=[], yticks=[])
 
     Z = cbook.get_sample_data(
         "axes_grid/bivariate_normal.npy", np_load=True
@@ -735,6 +736,7 @@ def test_anchored_locator_base_call():
 
     axins = zoomed_inset_axes(ax, zoom=2, loc="upper left")
     axins.set(xticks=[], yticks=[])
+
     im = axins.imshow(Z, extent=extent, origin="lower")
 
     # colorbar
@@ -748,4 +750,4 @@ def test_anchored_locator_base_call():
         borderpad=0,
     )
 
-    fig.colorbar(im, cax=cax)
+    fig.colorbar(im, cax=cax, ticks=[])