diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.18.2.txt b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.18.2.txt
index be1f745537d05..a345629dde6d5 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.18.2.txt
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.18.2.txt
@@ -528,3 +528,5 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 - Bug in ``Categorical.remove_unused_categories()`` changes ``.codes`` dtype to platform int (:issue:`13261`)
 - Bug in ``groupby`` with ``as_index=False`` returns all NaN's when grouping on multiple columns including a categorical one (:issue:`13204`)
+
+- Bug in ``test_graphics`` to pass the tests with matplotlib 1.9.2
diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_graphics.py b/pandas/tests/test_graphics.py
index bd19a83ce2b64..61140c384e8c2 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_graphics.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_graphics.py
@@ -1329,10 +1329,6 @@ def test_plot(self):
                                      subplots=True, use_index=False)
         self._check_axes_shape(axes, axes_num=4, layout=(4, 1))
 
-        df = DataFrame({'x': [1, 2], 'y': [3, 4]})
-        with tm.assertRaises(TypeError):
-            df.plot.line(blarg=True)
-
         df = DataFrame(np.random.rand(10, 3),
                        index=list(string.ascii_letters[:10]))