diff --git a/ggplot/geoms/geom_text.py b/ggplot/geoms/geom_text.py
index 348e7c58..8d6eee6b 100755
--- a/ggplot/geoms/geom_text.py
+++ b/ggplot/geoms/geom_text.py
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ def plot(self, ax, data, _aes):
         if is_date(x.iloc[0]):
             raise Exception("Can't do geom_text with a x-axis that is a date")
         else:
-            ax.plot(x, y)
             for (xi, yi, li) in zip(x, y, labels):
                 xi += self.params.get('hjust', 0.)
                 yi += self.params.get('vjust', 0.)