diff --git a/spyder/widgets/collectionseditor.py b/spyder/widgets/collectionseditor.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spyder/widgets/collectionseditor.py
+++ b/spyder/widgets/collectionseditor.py
@@ -1015,9 +1015,8 @@ class BaseTableView(QTableView, SpyderConfigurationAccessor):
             try:

                 if 'matplotlib' not in sys.modules:

                     import matplotlib

-                    matplotlib.use("Qt4Agg")

                 return True

-            except:

+            except Exception:

                 QMessageBox.warning(self, _("Import error"),

                                     _("Please install <b>matplotlib</b>"

                                       " or <b>guiqwt</b>."))
Variable Explorer: Don't set Qt4Agg as Matplotlib backend for plots