diff --git a/src/plots/ternary/index.js b/src/plots/ternary/index.js
index fa5a265cb01..fd119f5f336 100644
--- a/src/plots/ternary/index.js
+++ b/src/plots/ternary/index.js
@@ -17,17 +17,29 @@ var TERNARY = 'ternary';
 
 exports.name = TERNARY;
 
-exports.attr = 'subplot';
+var attr = exports.attr = 'subplot';
 
 exports.idRoot = TERNARY;
 
 exports.idRegex = exports.attrRegex = counterRegex(TERNARY);
 
-exports.attributes = require('./layout/attributes');
+var attributes = exports.attributes = {};
+attributes[attr] = {
+    valType: 'subplotid',
+    role: 'info',
+    dflt: 'ternary',
+    editType: 'calc',
+    description: [
+        'Sets a reference between this trace\'s data coordinates and',
+        'a ternary subplot.',
+        'If *ternary* (the default value), the data refer to `layout.ternary`.',
+        'If *ternary2*, the data refer to `layout.ternary2`, and so on.'
+    ].join(' ')
+};
 
-exports.layoutAttributes = require('./layout/layout_attributes');
+exports.layoutAttributes = require('./layout_attributes');
 
-exports.supplyLayoutDefaults = require('./layout/defaults');
+exports.supplyLayoutDefaults = require('./layout_defaults');
 
 exports.plot = function plotTernary(gd) {
     var fullLayout = gd._fullLayout;
diff --git a/src/plots/ternary/layout/attributes.js b/src/plots/ternary/layout/attributes.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 585b109cb10..00000000000
--- a/src/plots/ternary/layout/attributes.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/**
-* Copyright 2012-2018, Plotly, Inc.
-* All rights reserved.
-*
-* This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
-* LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-*/
-
-'use strict';
-
-
-module.exports = {
-    subplot: {
-        valType: 'subplotid',
-        role: 'info',
-        dflt: 'ternary',
-        editType: 'calc',
-        description: [
-            'Sets a reference between this trace\'s data coordinates and',
-            'a ternary subplot.',
-            'If *ternary* (the default value), the data refer to `layout.ternary`.',
-            'If *ternary2*, the data refer to `layout.ternary2`, and so on.'
-        ].join(' ')
-    }
-};
diff --git a/src/plots/ternary/layout/axis_defaults.js b/src/plots/ternary/layout/axis_defaults.js
deleted file mode 100644
index aa4f984c22a..00000000000
--- a/src/plots/ternary/layout/axis_defaults.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-/**
-* Copyright 2012-2018, Plotly, Inc.
-* All rights reserved.
-*
-* This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
-* LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-*/
-
-'use strict';
-
-var Lib = require('../../../lib');
-var layoutAttributes = require('./axis_attributes');
-var handleTickLabelDefaults = require('../../cartesian/tick_label_defaults');
-var handleTickMarkDefaults = require('../../cartesian/tick_mark_defaults');
-var handleTickValueDefaults = require('../../cartesian/tick_value_defaults');
-var handleLineGridDefaults = require('../../cartesian/line_grid_defaults');
-
-module.exports = function supplyLayoutDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, options) {
-    function coerce(attr, dflt) {
-        return Lib.coerce(containerIn, containerOut, layoutAttributes, attr, dflt);
-    }
-
-    containerOut.type = 'linear'; // no other types allowed for ternary
-
-    var dfltColor = coerce('color');
-    // if axis.color was provided, use it for fonts too; otherwise,
-    // inherit from global font color in case that was provided.
-    var dfltFontColor = (dfltColor !== layoutAttributes.color.dflt) ? dfltColor : options.font.color;
-
-    var axName = containerOut._name,
-        letterUpper = axName.charAt(0).toUpperCase(),
-        dfltTitle = 'Component ' + letterUpper;
-
-    var title = coerce('title', dfltTitle);
-    containerOut._hovertitle = title === dfltTitle ? title : letterUpper;
-
-    Lib.coerceFont(coerce, 'titlefont', {
-        family: options.font.family,
-        size: Math.round(options.font.size * 1.2),
-        color: dfltFontColor
-    });
-
-    // range is just set by 'min' - max is determined by the other axes mins
-    coerce('min');
-
-    handleTickValueDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce, 'linear');
-    handleTickLabelDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce, 'linear', {});
-    handleTickMarkDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce,
-        { outerTicks: true });
-
-    var showTickLabels = coerce('showticklabels');
-    if(showTickLabels) {
-        Lib.coerceFont(coerce, 'tickfont', {
-            family: options.font.family,
-            size: options.font.size,
-            color: dfltFontColor
-        });
-        coerce('tickangle');
-        coerce('tickformat');
-    }
-
-    handleLineGridDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce, {
-        dfltColor: dfltColor,
-        bgColor: options.bgColor,
-        // default grid color is darker here (60%, vs cartesian default ~91%)
-        // because the grid is not square so the eye needs heavier cues to follow
-        blend: 60,
-        showLine: true,
-        showGrid: true,
-        noZeroLine: true,
-        attributes: layoutAttributes
-    });
-
-    coerce('hoverformat');
-    coerce('layer');
-};
diff --git a/src/plots/ternary/layout/defaults.js b/src/plots/ternary/layout/defaults.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 12bcdf22499..00000000000
--- a/src/plots/ternary/layout/defaults.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-/**
-* Copyright 2012-2018, Plotly, Inc.
-* All rights reserved.
-*
-* This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
-* LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-*/
-
-
-'use strict';
-
-var Color = require('../../../components/color');
-var Template = require('../../../plot_api/plot_template');
-
-var handleSubplotDefaults = require('../../subplot_defaults');
-var layoutAttributes = require('./layout_attributes');
-var handleAxisDefaults = require('./axis_defaults');
-
-var axesNames = ['aaxis', 'baxis', 'caxis'];
-
-module.exports = function supplyLayoutDefaults(layoutIn, layoutOut, fullData) {
-    handleSubplotDefaults(layoutIn, layoutOut, fullData, {
-        type: 'ternary',
-        attributes: layoutAttributes,
-        handleDefaults: handleTernaryDefaults,
-        font: layoutOut.font,
-        paper_bgcolor: layoutOut.paper_bgcolor
-    });
-};
-
-function handleTernaryDefaults(ternaryLayoutIn, ternaryLayoutOut, coerce, options) {
-    var bgColor = coerce('bgcolor');
-    var sum = coerce('sum');
-    options.bgColor = Color.combine(bgColor, options.paper_bgcolor);
-    var axName, containerIn, containerOut;
-
-    // TODO: allow most (if not all) axis attributes to be set
-    // in the outer container and used as defaults in the individual axes?
-
-    for(var j = 0; j < axesNames.length; j++) {
-        axName = axesNames[j];
-        containerIn = ternaryLayoutIn[axName] || {};
-        containerOut = Template.newContainer(ternaryLayoutOut, axName);
-        containerOut._name = axName;
-
-        handleAxisDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, options);
-    }
-
-    // if the min values contradict each other, set them all to default (0)
-    // and delete *all* the inputs so the user doesn't get confused later by
-    // changing one and having them all change.
-    var aaxis = ternaryLayoutOut.aaxis,
-        baxis = ternaryLayoutOut.baxis,
-        caxis = ternaryLayoutOut.caxis;
-    if(aaxis.min + baxis.min + caxis.min >= sum) {
-        aaxis.min = 0;
-        baxis.min = 0;
-        caxis.min = 0;
-        if(ternaryLayoutIn.aaxis) delete ternaryLayoutIn.aaxis.min;
-        if(ternaryLayoutIn.baxis) delete ternaryLayoutIn.baxis.min;
-        if(ternaryLayoutIn.caxis) delete ternaryLayoutIn.caxis.min;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/plots/ternary/layout/layout_attributes.js b/src/plots/ternary/layout/layout_attributes.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 77c06326974..00000000000
--- a/src/plots/ternary/layout/layout_attributes.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/**
-* Copyright 2012-2018, Plotly, Inc.
-* All rights reserved.
-*
-* This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
-* LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-*/
-
-'use strict';
-
-var colorAttrs = require('../../../components/color/attributes');
-var domainAttrs = require('../../domain').attributes;
-var ternaryAxesAttrs = require('./axis_attributes');
-var overrideAll = require('../../../plot_api/edit_types').overrideAll;
-
-module.exports = overrideAll({
-    domain: domainAttrs({name: 'ternary'}),
-
-    bgcolor: {
-        valType: 'color',
-        role: 'style',
-        dflt: colorAttrs.background,
-        description: 'Set the background color of the subplot'
-    },
-    sum: {
-        valType: 'number',
-        role: 'info',
-        dflt: 1,
-        min: 0,
-        description: [
-            'The number each triplet should sum to,',
-            'and the maximum range of each axis'
-        ].join(' ')
-    },
-    aaxis: ternaryAxesAttrs,
-    baxis: ternaryAxesAttrs,
-    caxis: ternaryAxesAttrs
-}, 'plot', 'from-root');
diff --git a/src/plots/ternary/layout/axis_attributes.js b/src/plots/ternary/layout_attributes.js
similarity index 67%
rename from src/plots/ternary/layout/axis_attributes.js
rename to src/plots/ternary/layout_attributes.js
index 2ed0bcc74e2..72397f0f876 100644
--- a/src/plots/ternary/layout/axis_attributes.js
+++ b/src/plots/ternary/layout_attributes.js
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+var colorAttrs = require('../../components/color/attributes');
+var domainAttrs = require('../domain').attributes;
+var axesAttrs = require('../cartesian/layout_attributes');
 
-var axesAttrs = require('../../cartesian/layout_attributes');
-var extendFlat = require('../../../lib/extend').extendFlat;
+var overrideAll = require('../../plot_api/edit_types').overrideAll;
+var extendFlat = require('../../lib/extend').extendFlat;
 
-
-module.exports = {
+var ternaryAxesAttrs = {
     title: axesAttrs.title,
     titlefont: axesAttrs.titlefont,
     color: axesAttrs.color,
@@ -63,3 +65,27 @@ module.exports = {
         ].join(' ')
     }
 };
+
+module.exports = overrideAll({
+    domain: domainAttrs({name: 'ternary'}),
+
+    bgcolor: {
+        valType: 'color',
+        role: 'style',
+        dflt: colorAttrs.background,
+        description: 'Set the background color of the subplot'
+    },
+    sum: {
+        valType: 'number',
+        role: 'info',
+        dflt: 1,
+        min: 0,
+        description: [
+            'The number each triplet should sum to,',
+            'and the maximum range of each axis'
+        ].join(' ')
+    },
+    aaxis: ternaryAxesAttrs,
+    baxis: ternaryAxesAttrs,
+    caxis: ternaryAxesAttrs
+}, 'plot', 'from-root');
diff --git a/src/plots/ternary/layout_defaults.js b/src/plots/ternary/layout_defaults.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7952a4559a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plots/ternary/layout_defaults.js
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+/**
+* Copyright 2012-2018, Plotly, Inc.
+* All rights reserved.
+*
+* This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+* LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+*/
+
+'use strict';
+
+var Color = require('../../components/color');
+var Template = require('../../plot_api/plot_template');
+var Lib = require('../../lib');
+
+var handleSubplotDefaults = require('../subplot_defaults');
+var handleTickLabelDefaults = require('../cartesian/tick_label_defaults');
+var handleTickMarkDefaults = require('../cartesian/tick_mark_defaults');
+var handleTickValueDefaults = require('../cartesian/tick_value_defaults');
+var handleLineGridDefaults = require('../cartesian/line_grid_defaults');
+var layoutAttributes = require('./layout_attributes');
+
+var axesNames = ['aaxis', 'baxis', 'caxis'];
+
+module.exports = function supplyLayoutDefaults(layoutIn, layoutOut, fullData) {
+    handleSubplotDefaults(layoutIn, layoutOut, fullData, {
+        type: 'ternary',
+        attributes: layoutAttributes,
+        handleDefaults: handleTernaryDefaults,
+        font: layoutOut.font,
+        paper_bgcolor: layoutOut.paper_bgcolor
+    });
+};
+
+function handleTernaryDefaults(ternaryLayoutIn, ternaryLayoutOut, coerce, options) {
+    var bgColor = coerce('bgcolor');
+    var sum = coerce('sum');
+    options.bgColor = Color.combine(bgColor, options.paper_bgcolor);
+    var axName, containerIn, containerOut;
+
+    // TODO: allow most (if not all) axis attributes to be set
+    // in the outer container and used as defaults in the individual axes?
+
+    for(var j = 0; j < axesNames.length; j++) {
+        axName = axesNames[j];
+        containerIn = ternaryLayoutIn[axName] || {};
+        containerOut = Template.newContainer(ternaryLayoutOut, axName);
+        containerOut._name = axName;
+
+        handleAxisDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, options);
+    }
+
+    // if the min values contradict each other, set them all to default (0)
+    // and delete *all* the inputs so the user doesn't get confused later by
+    // changing one and having them all change.
+    var aaxis = ternaryLayoutOut.aaxis,
+        baxis = ternaryLayoutOut.baxis,
+        caxis = ternaryLayoutOut.caxis;
+    if(aaxis.min + baxis.min + caxis.min >= sum) {
+        aaxis.min = 0;
+        baxis.min = 0;
+        caxis.min = 0;
+        if(ternaryLayoutIn.aaxis) delete ternaryLayoutIn.aaxis.min;
+        if(ternaryLayoutIn.baxis) delete ternaryLayoutIn.baxis.min;
+        if(ternaryLayoutIn.caxis) delete ternaryLayoutIn.caxis.min;
+    }
+}
+
+function handleAxisDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, options) {
+    var axAttrs = layoutAttributes[containerOut._name];
+
+    function coerce(attr, dflt) {
+        return Lib.coerce(containerIn, containerOut, axAttrs, attr, dflt);
+    }
+
+    containerOut.type = 'linear'; // no other types allowed for ternary
+
+    var dfltColor = coerce('color');
+    // if axis.color was provided, use it for fonts too; otherwise,
+    // inherit from global font color in case that was provided.
+    var dfltFontColor = (dfltColor !== axAttrs.color.dflt) ? dfltColor : options.font.color;
+
+    var axName = containerOut._name,
+        letterUpper = axName.charAt(0).toUpperCase(),
+        dfltTitle = 'Component ' + letterUpper;
+
+    var title = coerce('title', dfltTitle);
+    containerOut._hovertitle = title === dfltTitle ? title : letterUpper;
+
+    Lib.coerceFont(coerce, 'titlefont', {
+        family: options.font.family,
+        size: Math.round(options.font.size * 1.2),
+        color: dfltFontColor
+    });
+
+    // range is just set by 'min' - max is determined by the other axes mins
+    coerce('min');
+
+    handleTickValueDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce, 'linear');
+    handleTickLabelDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce, 'linear', {});
+    handleTickMarkDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce,
+        { outerTicks: true });
+
+    var showTickLabels = coerce('showticklabels');
+    if(showTickLabels) {
+        Lib.coerceFont(coerce, 'tickfont', {
+            family: options.font.family,
+            size: options.font.size,
+            color: dfltFontColor
+        });
+        coerce('tickangle');
+        coerce('tickformat');
+    }
+
+    handleLineGridDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce, {
+        dfltColor: dfltColor,
+        bgColor: options.bgColor,
+        // default grid color is darker here (60%, vs cartesian default ~91%)
+        // because the grid is not square so the eye needs heavier cues to follow
+        blend: 60,
+        showLine: true,
+        showGrid: true,
+        noZeroLine: true,
+        attributes: axAttrs
+    });
+
+    coerce('hoverformat');
+    coerce('layer');
+}
diff --git a/src/plots/ternary/ternary.js b/src/plots/ternary/ternary.js
index 8d0cfd9cc41..a4ec4a7427c 100644
--- a/src/plots/ternary/ternary.js
+++ b/src/plots/ternary/ternary.js
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ function Ternary(options, fullLayout) {
     this.graphDiv = options.graphDiv;
     this.init(fullLayout);
     this.makeFramework(fullLayout);
+
+    // unfortunately, we have to keep track of some axis tick settings
+    // as ternary subplots do not implement the 'ticks' editType
+    this.aTickLayout = null;
+    this.bTickLayout = null;
+    this.cTickLayout = null;
 }
 
 module.exports = Ternary;
@@ -254,6 +260,8 @@ proto.adjustLayout = function(ternaryLayout, graphSize) {
         domain: [yDomain0, yDomain0 + yDomainFinal * w_over_h],
         _axislayer: _this.layers.aaxis,
         _gridlayer: _this.layers.agrid,
+        anchor: 'free',
+        position: 0,
         _pos: 0, // _this.xaxis.domain[0] * graphSize.w,
         _id: 'y',
         _length: w,
@@ -274,6 +282,8 @@ proto.adjustLayout = function(ternaryLayout, graphSize) {
         _axislayer: _this.layers.baxis,
         _gridlayer: _this.layers.bgrid,
         _counteraxis: _this.aaxis,
+        anchor: 'free',
+        position: 0,
         _pos: 0, // (1 - yDomain0) * graphSize.h,
         _id: 'x',
         _length: w,
@@ -296,6 +306,8 @@ proto.adjustLayout = function(ternaryLayout, graphSize) {
         _axislayer: _this.layers.caxis,
         _gridlayer: _this.layers.cgrid,
         _counteraxis: _this.baxis,
+        anchor: 'free',
+        position: 0,
         _pos: 0, // _this.xaxis.domain[1] * graphSize.w,
         _id: 'y',
         _length: w,
@@ -369,12 +381,33 @@ proto.adjustLayout = function(ternaryLayout, graphSize) {
 };
 
 proto.drawAxes = function(doTitles) {
-    var _this = this,
-        gd = _this.graphDiv,
-        titlesuffix = _this.id.substr(7) + 'title',
-        aaxis = _this.aaxis,
-        baxis = _this.baxis,
-        caxis = _this.caxis;
+    var _this = this;
+    var gd = _this.graphDiv;
+    var titlesuffix = _this.id.substr(7) + 'title';
+    var layers = _this.layers;
+    var aaxis = _this.aaxis;
+    var baxis = _this.baxis;
+    var caxis = _this.caxis;
+    var newTickLayout;
+
+    newTickLayout = strTickLayout(aaxis);
+    if(_this.aTickLayout !== newTickLayout) {
+        layers.aaxis.selectAll('.ytick').remove();
+        _this.aTickLayout = newTickLayout;
+    }
+
+    newTickLayout = strTickLayout(baxis);
+    if(_this.bTickLayout !== newTickLayout) {
+        layers.baxis.selectAll('.xtick').remove();
+        _this.bTickLayout = newTickLayout;
+    }
+
+    newTickLayout = strTickLayout(caxis);
+    if(_this.cTickLayout !== newTickLayout) {
+        layers.caxis.selectAll('.ytick').remove();
+        _this.cTickLayout = newTickLayout;
+    }
+
     // 3rd arg true below skips titles, so we can configure them
     // correctly later on.
     Axes.doTicksSingle(gd, aaxis, true);
@@ -424,6 +457,11 @@ proto.drawAxes = function(doTitles) {
     }
 };
 
+function strTickLayout(axLayout) {
+    return axLayout.ticks + String(axLayout.ticklen) + String(axLayout.showticklabels);
+}
+
+
 // hard coded paths for zoom corners
 // uses the same sizing as cartesian, length is MINZOOM/2, width is 3px
 var CLEN = constants.MINZOOM / 2 + 0.87;
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/ternary_noticks.png b/test/image/baselines/ternary_noticks.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e643f587845
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/image/baselines/ternary_noticks.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/mocks/ternary_noticks.json b/test/image/mocks/ternary_noticks.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb0f110a3ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/image/mocks/ternary_noticks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+    "data": [
+        {
+            "a": [2, 1, 1],
+            "b": [1, 2, 1],
+            "c": [1, 1, 2.12345],
+            "type": "scatterternary"
+        }
+    ],
+    "layout": {
+        "ternary": {
+            "aaxis": {
+                "showticklabels": false,
+                "showline": false,
+                "title": "no labels / no line"
+            },
+            "baxis": {
+                "ticks": "",
+                "showticklabels": false,
+                "title": "no ticks / no labels"
+            },
+            "caxis": {
+                "showticklabels": false,
+                "showgrid": false,
+                "title": "no grid / no labels"
+            }
+        },
+        "height": 450,
+        "width": 700
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/polar_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/polar_test.js
index f241d155088..84565b145d7 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/polar_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/polar_test.js
@@ -381,75 +381,62 @@ describe('Test relayout on polar subplots:', function() {
         }
 
         function toggle(astr, vals, exps, selector, fn) {
-            return Plotly.relayout(gd, astr, vals[0]).then(function() {
-                fn(selector, exps[0], astr + ' ' + vals[0]);
-                return Plotly.relayout(gd, astr, vals[1]);
-            })
-            .then(function() {
-                fn(selector, exps[1], astr + ' ' + vals[1]);
-                return Plotly.relayout(gd, astr, vals[0]);
-            })
-            .then(function() {
-                fn(selector, exps[0], astr + ' ' + vals[0]);
-            });
+            return function() {
+                return Plotly.relayout(gd, astr, vals[0]).then(function() {
+                    fn(selector, exps[0], astr + ' ' + vals[0]);
+                    return Plotly.relayout(gd, astr, vals[1]);
+                })
+                .then(function() {
+                    fn(selector, exps[1], astr + ' ' + vals[1]);
+                    return Plotly.relayout(gd, astr, vals[0]);
+                })
+                .then(function() {
+                    fn(selector, exps[0], astr + ' ' + vals[0]);
+                });
+            };
         }
 
-        Plotly.plot(gd, fig).then(function() {
-            return toggle(
-                'polar.radialaxis.showline',
-                [true, false], [null, 'none'],
-                '.radial-line > line', assertDisplay
-            );
-        })
-        .then(function() {
-            return toggle(
-                'polar.radialaxis.showgrid',
-                [true, false], [null, 'none'],
-                '.radial-grid', assertDisplay
-            );
-        })
-        .then(function() {
-            return toggle(
-                'polar.radialaxis.showticklabels',
-                [true, false], [6, 0],
-                '.radial-axis > .xtick > text', assertCnt
-            );
-        })
-        .then(function() {
-            return toggle(
-                'polar.radialaxis.ticks',
-                ['outside', ''], [6, 0],
-                '.radial-axis > path.xtick', assertCnt
-            );
-        })
-        .then(function() {
-            return toggle(
-                'polar.angularaxis.showline',
-                [true, false], [null, 'none'],
-                '.angular-line > path', assertDisplay
-            );
-        })
-        .then(function() {
-            return toggle(
-                'polar.angularaxis.showgrid',
-                [true, false], [8, 0],
-                '.angular-grid > .angularaxis > path', assertCnt
-            );
-        })
-        .then(function() {
-            return toggle(
-                'polar.angularaxis.showticklabels',
-                [true, false], [8, 0],
-                '.angular-axis > .angularaxistick > text', assertCnt
-            );
-        })
-        .then(function() {
-            return toggle(
-                'polar.angularaxis.ticks',
-                ['outside', ''], [8, 0],
-                '.angular-axis > path.angularaxistick', assertCnt
-            );
-        })
+        Plotly.plot(gd, fig)
+        .then(toggle(
+            'polar.radialaxis.showline',
+            [true, false], [null, 'none'],
+            '.radial-line > line', assertDisplay
+        ))
+        .then(toggle(
+            'polar.radialaxis.showgrid',
+            [true, false], [null, 'none'],
+            '.radial-grid', assertDisplay
+        ))
+        .then(toggle(
+            'polar.radialaxis.showticklabels',
+            [true, false], [6, 0],
+            '.radial-axis > .xtick > text', assertCnt
+        ))
+        .then(toggle(
+            'polar.radialaxis.ticks',
+            ['outside', ''], [6, 0],
+            '.radial-axis > path.xtick', assertCnt
+        ))
+        .then(toggle(
+            'polar.angularaxis.showline',
+            [true, false], [null, 'none'],
+            '.angular-line > path', assertDisplay
+        ))
+        .then(toggle(
+            'polar.angularaxis.showgrid',
+            [true, false], [8, 0],
+            '.angular-grid > .angularaxis > path', assertCnt
+        ))
+        .then(toggle(
+            'polar.angularaxis.showticklabels',
+            [true, false], [8, 0],
+            '.angular-axis > .angularaxistick > text', assertCnt
+        ))
+        .then(toggle(
+            'polar.angularaxis.ticks',
+            ['outside', ''], [8, 0],
+            '.angular-axis > path.angularaxistick', assertCnt
+        ))
         .catch(failTest)
         .then(done);
     });
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/ternary_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/ternary_test.js
index 8bd9847049a..f202749ed3b 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/ternary_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/ternary_test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 var Plotly = require('@lib');
 var Lib = require('@src/lib');
 
-var supplyLayoutDefaults = require('@src/plots/ternary/layout/defaults');
+var supplyLayoutDefaults = require('@src/plots/ternary/layout_defaults');
 
 var d3 = require('d3');
 var createGraphDiv = require('../assets/create_graph_div');
@@ -382,6 +382,60 @@ describe('ternary plots', function() {
         .then(done);
     });
 
+    it('should be able to hide/show ticks and tick labels', function(done) {
+        var gd = createGraphDiv();
+        var fig = Lib.extendDeep({}, require('@mocks/ternary_simple.json'));
+
+        function assertCnt(selector, expected, msg) {
+            var sel = d3.select(gd).selectAll(selector);
+            expect(sel.size()).toBe(expected, msg);
+        }
+
+        function toggle(selector, astr, vals, exps) {
+            return function() {
+                return Plotly.relayout(gd, astr, vals[0]).then(function() {
+                    assertCnt(selector, exps[0], astr + ' ' + vals[0]);
+                    return Plotly.relayout(gd, astr, vals[1]);
+                })
+                .then(function() {
+                    assertCnt(selector, exps[1], astr + ' ' + vals[1]);
+                    return Plotly.relayout(gd, astr, vals[0]);
+                })
+                .then(function() {
+                    assertCnt(selector, exps[0], astr + ' ' + vals[0]);
+                });
+            };
+        }
+
+        Plotly.plot(gd, fig)
+        .then(toggle(
+            '.aaxis > .ytick > text', 'ternary.aaxis.showticklabels',
+            [true, false], [4, 0]
+        ))
+        .then(toggle(
+            '.baxis > .xtick > text', 'ternary.baxis.showticklabels',
+            [true, false], [5, 0]
+        ))
+        .then(toggle(
+            '.caxis > .ytick > text', 'ternary.caxis.showticklabels',
+            [true, false], [4, 0]
+        ))
+        .then(toggle(
+            '.aaxis > path.ytick', 'ternary.aaxis.ticks',
+            ['outside', ''], [4, 0]
+        ))
+        .then(toggle(
+            '.baxis > path.xtick', 'ternary.baxis.ticks',
+            ['outside', ''], [5, 0]
+        ))
+        .then(toggle(
+            '.caxis > path.ytick', 'ternary.caxis.ticks',
+            ['outside', ''], [4, 0]
+        ))
+        .catch(failTest)
+        .then(done);
+    });
+
     it('should render a-axis and c-axis with negative offsets', function(done) {
         var gd = createGraphDiv();