diff --git a/doc/_templates/autosummary_inher.rst b/doc/_templates/autosummary_inher.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c54bc6a0d02..000000000000
--- a/doc/_templates/autosummary_inher.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{{ fullname | escape | underline}}
-
-
-.. currentmodule:: {{ module }}
-
-.. auto{{ objtype }}:: {{ objname }}
-    :inherited-members:
-    :show-inheritance:
-
-{% if objtype in ['class', 'method', 'function'] %}
-{% if objname in ['AxesGrid', 'Scalable', 'HostAxes', 'FloatingAxes',
-                      'ParasiteAxesAuxTrans', 'ParasiteAxes'] %}
-.. Filter out the above aliases to other classes, as sphinx gallery
-   creates no example file for those (sphinx-gallery/sphinx-gallery#365)
-
-{% else %}
-.. include:: {{module}}.{{objname}}.examples
-
-.. raw:: html
-
-    <div class="clearer"></div>
-
-{% endif %}
-{% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/api/animation_api.rst b/doc/api/animation_api.rst
index 02c4f3e64999..c690ddb5e555 100644
--- a/doc/api/animation_api.rst
+++ b/doc/api/animation_api.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ The easiest way to make a live animation in matplotlib is to use one of the
 
 .. autosummary::
    :toctree: _as_gen
-   :template: autosummary_inher.rst
    :nosignatures:
 
    FuncAnimation
@@ -164,7 +163,6 @@ all data in memory.
 
 .. autosummary::
    :toctree: _as_gen
-   :template: autosummary_inher.rst
    :nosignatures:
 
    PillowWriter
@@ -175,7 +173,6 @@ on all systems.
 
 .. autosummary::
    :toctree: _as_gen
-   :template: autosummary_inher.rst
    :nosignatures:
 
    FFMpegWriter
@@ -188,7 +185,6 @@ debug.
 
 .. autosummary::
    :toctree: _as_gen
-   :template: autosummary_inher.rst
    :nosignatures:
 
    FFMpegFileWriter
@@ -241,7 +237,6 @@ Animation Base Classes
 
 .. autosummary::
    :toctree: _as_gen
-   :template: autosummary_inher.rst
    :nosignatures:
 
    Animation
@@ -256,7 +251,6 @@ writer and the class to allow a string to be passed to
 
 .. autosummary::
    :toctree: _as_gen
-   :template: autosummary_inher.rst
    :nosignatures:
 
    MovieWriterRegistry
@@ -268,7 +262,6 @@ To reduce code duplication base classes
 
 .. autosummary::
    :toctree: _as_gen
-   :template: autosummary_inher.rst
    :nosignatures:
 
    AbstractMovieWriter
@@ -279,7 +272,6 @@ and mixins
 
 .. autosummary::
    :toctree: _as_gen
-   :template: autosummary_inher.rst
    :nosignatures:
 
    AVConvBase