diff --git a/torchgeo/trainers/detection.py b/torchgeo/trainers/detection.py
index 7cea880d0d3..9602d682de2 100644
--- a/torchgeo/trainers/detection.py
+++ b/torchgeo/trainers/detection.py
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 
 from ..datasets.utils import unbind_samples
 
-plt.switch_backend("agg")
-
-
 BACKBONE_LAT_DIM_MAP = {
     "resnet18": 512,
     "resnet34": 512,