diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/equal_aspect_ratio.py b/examples/pylab_examples/equal_aspect_ratio.py
index e2c5dd3056e9..b40aebe2f126 100755
--- a/examples/pylab_examples/equal_aspect_ratio.py
+++ b/examples/pylab_examples/equal_aspect_ratio.py
@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@
 Example: simple line plot.
 Show how to make a plot that has equal aspect ratio
 """
-from pylab import *
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import numpy as np
 
-t = arange(0.0, 1.0 + 0.01, 0.01)
-s = cos(2*2*pi*t)
-plot(t, s, '-', lw=2)
+t = np.arange(0.0, 1.0 + 0.01, 0.01)
+s = np.cos(2*2*np.pi*t)
+plt.plot(t, s, '-', lw=2)
 
-xlabel('time (s)')
-ylabel('voltage (mV)')
-title('About as simple as it gets, folks')
-grid(True)
+plt.xlabel('time (s)')
+plt.ylabel('voltage (mV)')
+plt.title('About as simple as it gets, folks')
+plt.grid(True)
 
-axes().set_aspect('equal', 'datalim')
+plt.axes().set_aspect('equal', 'datalim')
 
 
-show()
+plt.show()