diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 08d8375a..ae891fd5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# virutalenv
+.venv
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/pyfolio/tears.py b/pyfolio/tears.py
index fc3bd83c..715c8b26 100644
--- a/pyfolio/tears.py
+++ b/pyfolio/tears.py
@@ -454,7 +454,13 @@ def create_simple_tear_sheet(
             plotting.plot_txn_time_hist(transactions, ax=ax_txn_timings)
 
     for ax in fig.axes:
-        plt.setp(ax.get_xticklabels(), visible=True)
+        ax.tick_params(
+            axis="x",
+            which="major",
+            bottom=True,
+            top=False,
+            labelbottom=True,
+        )
 
 
 @plotting.customize
@@ -642,7 +648,13 @@ def create_returns_tear_sheet(
         raise ValueError("bootstrap requires passing of benchmark_rets.")
 
     for ax in fig.axes:
-        plt.setp(ax.get_xticklabels(), visible=True)
+        ax.tick_params(
+            axis="x",
+            which="major",
+            bottom=True,
+            top=False,
+            labelbottom=True,
+        )
 
     if return_fig:
         return fig
@@ -746,7 +758,13 @@ def create_position_tear_sheet(
             )
 
     for ax in fig.axes:
-        plt.setp(ax.get_xticklabels(), visible=True)
+        ax.tick_params(
+            axis="x",
+            which="major",
+            bottom=True,
+            top=False,
+            labelbottom=True,
+        )
 
     if return_fig:
         return fig
@@ -841,7 +859,13 @@ def create_txn_tear_sheet(
             ax=ax_slippage_sensitivity,
         )
     for ax in fig.axes:
-        plt.setp(ax.get_xticklabels(), visible=True)
+        ax.tick_params(
+            axis="x",
+            which="major",
+            bottom=True,
+            top=False,
+            labelbottom=True,
+        )
 
     if return_fig:
         return fig
diff --git a/pyfolio/tests/test_nbs.py b/pyfolio/tests/test_nbs.py
index adda16f3..514ca5fd 100755
--- a/pyfolio/tests/test_nbs.py
+++ b/pyfolio/tests/test_nbs.py
@@ -5,17 +5,16 @@
 Each cell is submitted to the kernel, and checked for errors.
 """
 
-import os
-import glob
+from pathlib import Path
 from runipy.notebook_runner import NotebookRunner
-
-from pyfolio.utils import pyfolio_root
 from pyfolio.ipycompat import read as read_notebook
 
+EXAMPLES_PATH = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "examples"
+
 
 def test_nbs():
-    path = os.path.join(pyfolio_root(), "examples", "*.ipynb")
-    for ipynb in glob.glob(path):
+    for ipynb in EXAMPLES_PATH.glob("*.ipynb"):
+        print(ipynb)
         with open(ipynb) as f:
             nb = read_notebook(f, "json")
             nb_runner = NotebookRunner(nb)