diff --git a/mesa/visualization/jupyter_viz.py b/mesa/visualization/jupyter_viz.py
index 2d0691b290f..ffd6b06104e 100644
--- a/mesa/visualization/jupyter_viz.py
+++ b/mesa/visualization/jupyter_viz.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import sys
 import threading
 
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import reacton.ipywidgets as widgets
 import solara
 from solara.alias import rv
@@ -35,9 +34,6 @@
 import mesa.visualization.components.matplotlib as components_matplotlib
 from mesa.visualization.UserParam import Slider
 
-# Avoid interactive backend
-plt.switch_backend("agg")
-
 
 # TODO: Turn this function into a Solara component once the current_step.value
 # dependency is passed to measure()