diff --git a/holoviews/plotting/mpl/default.mplstyle b/holoviews/plotting/mpl/default.mplstyle
index 2fa4305bb1..e5935d619c 100644
--- a/holoviews/plotting/mpl/default.mplstyle
+++ b/holoviews/plotting/mpl/default.mplstyle
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ grid.color: black
 grid.linestyle: :
 
 legend.loc: upper right
-legend.frameon: True
 legend.fontsize: small
 legend.fancybox: True
 
diff --git a/holoviews/plotting/mpl/default1.5.mplstyle b/holoviews/plotting/mpl/default1.5.mplstyle
index ff69f9ee61..3227c568c0 100644
--- a/holoviews/plotting/mpl/default1.5.mplstyle
+++ b/holoviews/plotting/mpl/default1.5.mplstyle
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ grid.color: black
 grid.linestyle: :
 
 legend.loc: upper right
-legend.frameon: True
 legend.fontsize: small
 legend.fancybox: True