diff --git a/sklearn/tree/_export.py b/sklearn/tree/_export.py
index affe1b68cfe9a..574c18b59de31 100644
--- a/sklearn/tree/_export.py
+++ b/sklearn/tree/_export.py
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ def export(self, decision_tree, ax=None):
     def recurse(self, node, tree, ax, scale_x, scale_y, height, depth=0):
         import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
         kwargs = dict(bbox=self.bbox_args.copy(), ha='center', va='center',
-                      zorder=100 - 10 * depth, xycoords='axes pixels',
+                      zorder=100 - 10 * depth, xycoords='axes points',
                       arrowprops=self.arrow_args.copy())
         kwargs['arrowprops']['edgecolor'] = plt.rcParams['text.color']