diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 5165a60..1345228 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def ax_func(**kwargs):
     cu.plotwrapper(ax_func)()
 
 
-def test_noticks():
+def test_nospines():
     """Tests all combinations of removing spines."""
 
     compass = ('left', 'right', 'top', 'bottom')
@@ -37,3 +37,16 @@ def test_noticks():
             assert spine.get_visible() == (not kwargs[key])
 
         plt.close(fig)
+
+
+def test_noticks():
+    """Tests that noticks removes both x and y ticks."""
+
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+    ax.plot([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
+    cu.noticks(ax=ax)
+
+    assert len(ax.get_xticks()) == 0
+    assert len(ax.get_yticks()) == 0
+
+    plt.close(fig)