matplotlib · jklymak · Jul 8, 2021 · Jul 7, 2021
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_svg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_svg.py
@@ -1282,8 +1282,11 @@ class FigureCanvasSVG(FigureCanvasBase):

    fixed_dpi = 72

+    @_check_savefig_extra_args
+    @_api.delete_parameter("3.4", "dpi")
    @_api.delete_parameter("3.5", "args")
-    def print_svg(self, filename, *args, **kwargs):
+    def print_svg(self, filename, *args, dpi=None, bbox_inches_restore=None,
+                  metadata=None):
        """
        Parameters
        ----------
@@ -1318,32 +1321,24 @@ def print_svg(self, filename, *args, **kwargs):
        with cbook.open_file_cm(filename, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
            if not cbook.file_requires_unicode(fh):
                fh = codecs.getwriter('utf-8')(fh)
-            self._print_svg(filename, fh, **kwargs)
+            if dpi is None:  # always use this branch after deprecation elapses
+                dpi = self.figure.get_dpi()
+            self.figure.set_dpi(72)
+            width, height = self.figure.get_size_inches()
+            w, h = width * 72, height * 72
+            renderer = MixedModeRenderer(
+                self.figure, width, height, dpi,
+                RendererSVG(w, h, fh, image_dpi=dpi, metadata=metadata),
+                bbox_inches_restore=bbox_inches_restore)
+            self.figure.draw(renderer)
+            renderer.finalize()

    @_api.delete_parameter("3.5", "args")
    def print_svgz(self, filename, *args, **kwargs):
        with cbook.open_file_cm(filename, "wb") as fh, \
                gzip.GzipFile(mode='w', fileobj=fh) as gzipwriter:
            return self.print_svg(gzipwriter, **kwargs)

-    @_check_savefig_extra_args
-    @_api.delete_parameter("3.4", "dpi")
-    def _print_svg(self, filename, fh, *, dpi=None, bbox_inches_restore=None,
-                   metadata=None):
-        if dpi is None:  # always use this branch after deprecation elapses.
-            dpi = self.figure.get_dpi()
-        self.figure.set_dpi(72)
-        width, height = self.figure.get_size_inches()
-        w, h = width * 72, height * 72
-
-        renderer = MixedModeRenderer(
-            self.figure, width, height, dpi,
-            RendererSVG(w, h, fh, image_dpi=dpi, metadata=metadata),
-            bbox_inches_restore=bbox_inches_restore)
-
-        self.figure.draw(renderer)
-        renderer.finalize()
-
    def get_default_filetype(self):
        return 'svg'