diff --git a/src/backends/gr.jl b/src/backends/gr.jl
index be46ff295..fe52a8955 100644
--- a/src/backends/gr.jl
+++ b/src/backends/gr.jl
@@ -780,10 +780,10 @@ function _update_min_padding!(sp::Subplot{GRBackend})
         end
     end
     # Add margin given by the user
-    leftpad   = 2mm + sp[:left_margin]
-    toppad    = 2mm + sp[:top_margin]
-    rightpad  = 2mm + sp[:right_margin]
-    bottompad = 2mm + sp[:bottom_margin]
+    leftpad   = sp[:left_margin]
+    toppad    = sp[:top_margin]
+    rightpad  = sp[:right_margin]
+    bottompad = sp[:bottom_margin]
     # Add margin for title
     if sp[:title] != ""
         gr_set_font(titlefont(sp), sp)
diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
index d6a6b5e39..5b853e289 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ function (pgfx_plot::PGFPlotsXPlot)(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend})
                 "show background rectangle" => nothing,
             )
         end
+        push!(the_plot.options, "tight background" => nothing)
 
         for sp in plt.subplots
             bb2 = bbox(sp)
diff --git a/src/backends/plotly.jl b/src/backends/plotly.jl
index ad4ff3170..191dfb8ac 100644
--- a/src/backends/plotly.jl
+++ b/src/backends/plotly.jl
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ function plotly_layout(plt::Plot)
     w, h = plt[:size]
     plotattributes_out[:width], plotattributes_out[:height] = w, h
     plotattributes_out[:paper_bgcolor] = rgba_string(plt[:background_color_outside])
-    plotattributes_out[:margin] = KW(:l => 0, :b => 20, :r => 0, :t => 20)
+    plotattributes_out[:margin] = KW(:l => 0, :b => 0, :r => 0, :t => 0)
 
     plotattributes_out[:annotations] = KW[]