FIX: do not use removed private methods

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit 56013422aec8 · 2015-12-15T17:21:13.000-05:00
closes #5684
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/colorbar.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/colorbar.py
@@ -374,9 +374,8 @@ def __init__(self, ax, cmap=None,
         if format is None:
             if isinstance(self.norm, colors.LogNorm):
                 # change both axis for proper aspect
-                self.ax.xaxis.set_scale("log")
-                self.ax.yaxis.set_scale("log")
-                self.ax._update_transScale()
+                self.ax.set_xscale("log")
+                self.ax.set_yscale("log")
                 self.cbar_axis.set_minor_locator(ticker.NullLocator())
                 formatter = ticker.LogFormatter()
             else:
