diff --git a/PlotsBase/test/runtests.jl b/PlotsBase/test/runtests.jl
index 67a35b080..048777b49 100644
--- a/PlotsBase/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/PlotsBase/test/runtests.jl
@@ -89,11 +89,7 @@ is_ci() || @eval using Gtk  # see JuliaPlots/VisualRegressionTests.jl/issues/30
 
 ref_name(i) = "ref" * lpad(i, 3, '0')
 
-const broken_examples = if Sys.isapple()
-    [50] # FIXME: https://github.com/jheinen/GR.jl/issues/550
-else
-    []
-end
+const BROKEN_EXAMPLES = []
 
 for name ∈ (
     "misc",
diff --git a/PlotsBase/test/test_backends.jl b/PlotsBase/test/test_backends.jl
index 454fd51d0..1bb5fa23d 100644
--- a/PlotsBase/test/test_backends.jl
+++ b/PlotsBase/test/test_backends.jl
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ is_pkgeval() || @testset "Backends" begin
         @test filesize(fn) > 1_000
     end
     (Sys.islinux() && is_latest("release")) && for be ∈ TEST_BACKENDS
-        skip = vcat(PlotsBase._backend_skips[be], broken_examples)
+        skip = vcat(PlotsBase._backend_skips[be], BROKEN_EXAMPLES)
         PlotsBase.test_examples(be; skip, callback, disp = is_ci(), strict = true)  # `ci` display for coverage
         closeall()
     end
diff --git a/PlotsBase/test/test_reference.jl b/PlotsBase/test/test_reference.jl
index 354a26248..76356eb0a 100644
--- a/PlotsBase/test/test_reference.jl
+++ b/PlotsBase/test/test_reference.jl
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ end
             :gr,
             tol = PLOTSBASE_IMG_TOL,
             skip = vcat(PlotsBase._backend_skips[:gr]),
-            broken = broken_examples,
+            broken = BROKEN_EXAMPLES,
         )
     end
 end