diff --git a/plot_types/basic/bar.py b/plot_types/basic/bar.py
index e23d27baa06c..1e6346fd56e8 100644
--- a/plot_types/basic/bar.py
+++ b/plot_types/basic/bar.py
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@
 plt.style.use('_mpl-gallery')
 
 # make data:
-np.random.seed(3)
 x = 0.5 + np.arange(8)
-y = np.random.uniform(2, 7, len(x))
+y = [4.8, 5.5, 3.5, 4.6, 6.5, 6.6, 2.6, 3.0]
 
 # plot
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
diff --git a/plot_types/basic/stem.py b/plot_types/basic/stem.py
index 8e7b29283c01..a606482ecf9b 100644
--- a/plot_types/basic/stem.py
+++ b/plot_types/basic/stem.py
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@
 plt.style.use('_mpl-gallery')
 
 # make data
-np.random.seed(3)
 x = 0.5 + np.arange(8)
-y = np.random.uniform(2, 7, len(x))
+y = [4.8, 5.5, 3.5, 4.6, 6.5, 6.6, 2.6, 3.0]
 
 # plot
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
diff --git a/plot_types/basic/step.py b/plot_types/basic/step.py
index 558550a5c498..6044262e6d1f 100644
--- a/plot_types/basic/step.py
+++ b/plot_types/basic/step.py
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@
 plt.style.use('_mpl-gallery')
 
 # make data
-np.random.seed(3)
 x = 0.5 + np.arange(8)
-y = np.random.uniform(2, 7, len(x))
+y = [4.8, 5.5, 3.5, 4.6, 6.5, 6.6, 2.6, 3.0]
 
 # plot
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()