diff --git a/galleries/examples/images_contours_and_fields/contour_demo.py b/galleries/examples/images_contours_and_fields/contour_demo.py
index 1d64986850f5..885a8a3c2005 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/images_contours_and_fields/contour_demo.py
+++ b/galleries/examples/images_contours_and_fields/contour_demo.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 CS = ax.contour(X, Y, Z)
-ax.clabel(CS, inline=True, fontsize=10)
+ax.clabel(CS, fontsize=10)
 ax.set_title('Simplest default with labels')
 
 # %%
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 CS = ax.contour(X, Y, Z)
 manual_locations = [
     (-1, -1.4), (-0.62, -0.7), (-2, 0.5), (1.7, 1.2), (2.0, 1.4), (2.4, 1.7)]
-ax.clabel(CS, inline=True, fontsize=10, manual=manual_locations)
+ax.clabel(CS, fontsize=10, manual=manual_locations)
 ax.set_title('labels at selected locations')
 
 # %%
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 CS = ax.contour(X, Y, Z, 6, colors='k')  # Negative contours default to dashed.
-ax.clabel(CS, fontsize=9, inline=True)
+ax.clabel(CS, fontsize=9)
 ax.set_title('Single color - negative contours dashed')
 
 # %%
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 plt.rcParams['contour.negative_linestyle'] = 'solid'
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 CS = ax.contour(X, Y, Z, 6, colors='k')  # Negative contours default to dashed.
-ax.clabel(CS, fontsize=9, inline=True)
+ax.clabel(CS, fontsize=9)
 ax.set_title('Single color - negative contours solid')
 
 # %%
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
                 linewidths=np.arange(.5, 4, .5),
                 colors=('r', 'green', 'blue', (1, 1, 0), '#afeeee', '0.5'),
                 )
-ax.clabel(CS, fontsize=9, inline=True)
+ax.clabel(CS, fontsize=9)
 ax.set_title('Crazy lines')
 
 # %%
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 CS.set_linewidth(lws)
 
 ax.clabel(CS, levels[1::2],  # label every second level
-          inline=True, fmt='%1.1f', fontsize=14)
+          fmt='%1.1f', fontsize=14)
 
 # make a colorbar for the contour lines
 CB = fig.colorbar(CS, shrink=0.8)
diff --git a/galleries/examples/images_contours_and_fields/contour_label_demo.py b/galleries/examples/images_contours_and_fields/contour_label_demo.py
index 57f29c827757..0b24b57f6afd 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/images_contours_and_fields/contour_label_demo.py
+++ b/galleries/examples/images_contours_and_fields/contour_label_demo.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def fmt(x):
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 CS = ax.contour(X, Y, Z)
 
-ax.clabel(CS, CS.levels, inline=True, fmt=fmt, fontsize=10)
+ax.clabel(CS, CS.levels, fmt=fmt, fontsize=10)
 
 # %%
 # Label contours with arbitrary strings using a dictionary
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def fmt(x):
     fmt[l] = s
 
 # Label every other level using strings
-ax1.clabel(CS1, CS1.levels[::2], inline=True, fmt=fmt, fontsize=10)
+ax1.clabel(CS1, CS1.levels[::2], fmt=fmt, fontsize=10)
 
 # %%
 # Use a Formatter
diff --git a/galleries/examples/misc/demo_agg_filter.py b/galleries/examples/misc/demo_agg_filter.py
index 5c2ad71a6673..302250ced9f0 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/misc/demo_agg_filter.py
+++ b/galleries/examples/misc/demo_agg_filter.py
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ def filtered_text(ax):
 
     # contour label
     cl = ax.clabel(CS, levels[1::2],  # label every second level
-                   inline=True,
                    fmt='%1.1f',
                    fontsize=11)