diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_subplots.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_subplots.py
index b0a6dddaf355..d8595213e42f 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_subplots.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_subplots.py
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ def get_gridspec(self):
         return self._subplotspec.get_gridspec()
 
     @_api.deprecated(
-        "3.4", alternative="get_subplotspec().get_position(self.figure)")
+        "3.4", alternative="get_position()")
     @property
     def figbox(self):
-        return self.get_subplotspec().get_position(self.figure)
+        return self.get_position()
 
     @_api.deprecated("3.4", alternative="get_gridspec().nrows")
     @property