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diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py
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diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/tests/test_polar.py
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@@ -308,12 +308,13 @@ def subplots(self, *, sharex=False, sharey=False, squeeze=True,
                     self[row, col], **subplot_kw)
 
         # turn off redundant tick labeling
-        if sharex in ["col", "all"]:
-            for ax in axarr.flat:
-                ax._label_outer_xaxis()
-        if sharey in ["row", "all"]:
-            for ax in axarr.flat:
-                ax._label_outer_yaxis()
+        if all(ax.name == "rectilinear" for ax in axarr.flat):
+            if sharex in ["col", "all"]:
+                for ax in axarr.flat:
+                    ax._label_outer_xaxis()
+            if sharey in ["row", "all"]:
+                for ax in axarr.flat:
+                    ax._label_outer_yaxis()
 
         if squeeze:
             # Discarding unneeded dimensions that equal 1.  If we only have one
 
@@ -357,3 +357,10 @@ def test_thetalim_args():
     assert tuple(np.radians((ax.get_thetamin(), ax.get_thetamax()))) == (0, 1)
     ax.set_thetalim((2, 3))
     assert tuple(np.radians((ax.get_thetamin(), ax.get_thetamax()))) == (2, 3)
+
+
+def test_shared_polar_keeps_ticklabels():
+    _, axs = plt.subplots(
+        2, 2, subplot_kw=dict(projection="polar"), sharex=True, sharey=True)
+    assert axs[0, 1].xaxis._major_tick_kw["label1On"]
+    assert axs[0, 1].yaxis._major_tick_kw["label1On"]