diff --git a/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_classification_evidence-accumulation.py b/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_classification_evidence-accumulation.py
index ccbdc8db85..6a2158aafd 100644
--- a/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_classification_evidence-accumulation.py
+++ b/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_classification_evidence-accumulation.py
@@ -673,7 +673,6 @@ def get_weights(pop_pre, pop_post):
 
 plt.rcParams.update(
     {
-        "font.sans-serif": "Arial",
         "axes.spines.right": False,
         "axes.spines.top": False,
         "axes.prop_cycle": cycler(color=[colors["blue"], colors["red"]]),
diff --git a/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_classification_evidence-accumulation_bsshslm_2020.py b/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_classification_evidence-accumulation_bsshslm_2020.py
index 0a80dc16cb..b05c008339 100644
--- a/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_classification_evidence-accumulation_bsshslm_2020.py
+++ b/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_classification_evidence-accumulation_bsshslm_2020.py
@@ -654,7 +654,6 @@ def get_weights(pop_pre, pop_post):
 
 plt.rcParams.update(
     {
-        "font.sans-serif": "Arial",
         "axes.spines.right": False,
         "axes.spines.top": False,
         "axes.prop_cycle": cycler(color=[colors["blue"], colors["red"]]),
diff --git a/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_classification_neuromorphic_mnist.py b/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_classification_neuromorphic_mnist.py
index 968760b79d..d29e709399 100644
--- a/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_classification_neuromorphic_mnist.py
+++ b/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_classification_neuromorphic_mnist.py
@@ -733,7 +733,6 @@ def evaluate(n_iteration, iter_start):
 
 plt.rcParams.update(
     {
-        "font.sans-serif": "Arial",
         "axes.spines.right": False,
         "axes.spines.top": False,
         "axes.prop_cycle": cycler(color=[colors["blue"], colors["red"]]),
diff --git a/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_regression_handwriting_bsshslm_2020.py b/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_regression_handwriting_bsshslm_2020.py
index ab6646e872..320d05cfa2 100644
--- a/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_regression_handwriting_bsshslm_2020.py
+++ b/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_regression_handwriting_bsshslm_2020.py
@@ -555,7 +555,6 @@ def get_weights(pop_pre, pop_post):
 
 plt.rcParams.update(
     {
-        "font.sans-serif": "Arial",
         "axes.spines.right": False,
         "axes.spines.top": False,
         "axes.prop_cycle": cycler(color=[colors["blue"], colors["red"]]),
diff --git a/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_regression_lemniscate_bsshslm_2020.py b/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_regression_lemniscate_bsshslm_2020.py
index 6ecebd5638..d70c39d6c8 100644
--- a/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_regression_lemniscate_bsshslm_2020.py
+++ b/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_regression_lemniscate_bsshslm_2020.py
@@ -546,7 +546,6 @@ def get_weights(pop_pre, pop_post):
 
 plt.rcParams.update(
     {
-        "font.sans-serif": "Arial",
         "axes.spines.right": False,
         "axes.spines.top": False,
         "axes.prop_cycle": cycler(color=[colors["blue"], colors["red"]]),
diff --git a/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_regression_sine-waves.py b/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_regression_sine-waves.py
index 53f44910b9..3315d4ca28 100644
--- a/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_regression_sine-waves.py
+++ b/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_regression_sine-waves.py
@@ -545,7 +545,6 @@ def get_weights(pop_pre, pop_post):
 
 plt.rcParams.update(
     {
-        "font.sans-serif": "Arial",
         "axes.spines.right": False,
         "axes.spines.top": False,
         "axes.prop_cycle": cycler(color=[colors["blue"], colors["red"]]),
diff --git a/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_regression_sine-waves_bsshslm_2020.py b/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_regression_sine-waves_bsshslm_2020.py
index 6443db9546..5b523a2bfb 100644
--- a/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_regression_sine-waves_bsshslm_2020.py
+++ b/pynest/examples/eprop_plasticity/eprop_supervised_regression_sine-waves_bsshslm_2020.py
@@ -519,7 +519,6 @@ def get_weights(pop_pre, pop_post):
 
 plt.rcParams.update(
     {
-        "font.sans-serif": "Arial",
         "axes.spines.right": False,
         "axes.spines.top": False,
         "axes.prop_cycle": cycler(color=[colors["blue"], colors["red"]]),