diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
index 5fa4f404b932..116f62d07213 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
@@ -1066,8 +1066,7 @@ def get_tick_params(self, which='major'):
             )
         return self._translate_tick_params(self._minor_tick_kw, reverse=True)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _translate_tick_params(kw, reverse=False):
+    def _translate_tick_params(self, kw, reverse=False):
         """
         Translate the kwargs supported by `.Axis.set_tick_params` to kwargs
         supported by `.Tick._apply_params`.
@@ -1101,24 +1100,24 @@ def _translate_tick_params(kw, reverse=False):
             'rotation': 'labelrotation',
         }
 
-	# axis specific mappings
-	axis_mappings = {
-	    'x': {
-	        'top': 'tick20n',
-		'bottom': 'tick10n',
-		'labelbottom': 'label10n',
-		'labeltop': 'label20n',
-	    },
-	    'y': {
-	        'left': 'tick10n',
-		'right': 'tick20n',
-		'labelleft': 'label10n',
-		'labelright': 'label20n',
-	    }
-	}
-
-	# merge shared keymap pais with axis specific map
-	keymap.update(axis_mappings.get(self.axis_name, {}))
+        # axis specific mappings
+        axis_mappings = {
+            'x': {
+                'top': 'tick2On',
+                'bottom': 'tick1On',
+                'labelbottom': 'label1On',
+                'labeltop': 'label2On',
+            },
+            'y': {
+                'left': 'tick1On',
+                'right': 'tick2On',
+                'labelleft': 'label1On',
+                'labelright': 'label2On',
+            }
+        }
+
+        # merge shared keymap pais with axis specific map
+        keymap.update(axis_mappings.get(self.axis_name, {}))
 
         if reverse:
             kwtrans = {