diff --git a/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_images.py b/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_images.py
index b424708c31..d04972aa7c 100644
--- a/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_images.py
+++ b/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_images.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-import matplotlib.cm as cm
 import matplotlib.colors as colors
 from PIL import Image
 import pytest
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ def test_imshow_rgba():
     # tests that the alpha of a RGBA array passed to imshow is set to 0
     # instead of masked
     z = np.full((100, 100), 0.5)
-    cmap = cm.get_cmap()
+    cmap = plt.get_cmap()
     norm = colors.Normalize(vmin=0, vmax=1)
     z1 = cmap(norm(z))
     plt_crs = ccrs.LambertAzimuthalEqualArea()
diff --git a/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_pseudo_color.py b/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_pseudo_color.py
index d4eb4abc34..da00681f99 100644
--- a/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_pseudo_color.py
+++ b/lib/cartopy/tests/mpl/test_pseudo_color.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def test_pcolormesh_datalim():
     # Z with the same shape as X/Y to force the interpolation
     z = np.zeros(xs.shape)
 
-    ax = plt.subplot(2, 1, 1, projection=ccrs.PlateCarree())
+    ax = plt.subplot(3, 1, 1, projection=ccrs.PlateCarree())
     coll = ax.pcolormesh(xs, ys, z, shading='auto',
                          transform=ccrs.PlateCarree())
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def test_pcolormesh_datalim():
     y = [-10, 10]
 
     xs, ys = np.meshgrid(x, y)
-    ax = plt.subplot(2, 1, 1, projection=ccrs.PlateCarree())
+    ax = plt.subplot(3, 1, 2, projection=ccrs.PlateCarree())
     coll = ax.pcolormesh(xs, ys, z, shading='auto',
                          transform=ccrs.PlateCarree())
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def test_pcolormesh_datalim():
     y = [-10, 10]
 
     xs, ys = np.meshgrid(x, y)
-    ax = plt.subplot(2, 1, 1, projection=ccrs.Orthographic())
+    ax = plt.subplot(3, 1, 3, projection=ccrs.Orthographic())
     coll = ax.pcolormesh(xs, ys, z, shading='auto',
                          transform=ccrs.PlateCarree())