diff --git a/examples/object_detection/python/object_detector.ipynb b/examples/object_detection/python/object_detector.ipynb
index 2b1f61dcf..f200ca945 100644
--- a/examples/object_detection/python/object_detector.ipynb
+++ b/examples/object_detection/python/object_detector.ipynb
@@ -168,10 +168,14 @@
         "IMAGE_FILE = 'image.jpg'\n",
         "\n",
         "import cv2\n",
-        "from google.colab.patches import cv2_imshow\n",
+        "from matplotlib import pyplot as plt\n",
         "\n",
         "img = cv2.imread(IMAGE_FILE)\n",
-        "cv2_imshow(img)"
+        "img_rgb = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)\n",
+        "\n",
+        "plt.imshow(img_rgb)\n",
+        "plt.axis('off')\n",
+        "plt.show()"
       ]
     },
     {
@@ -247,7 +251,10 @@
         "image_copy = np.copy(image.numpy_view())\n",
         "annotated_image = visualize(image_copy, detection_result)\n",
         "rgb_annotated_image = cv2.cvtColor(annotated_image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)\n",
-        "cv2_imshow(rgb_annotated_image)"
+        "\n",
+        "plt.imshow(rgb_annotated_image)\n",
+        "plt.axis('off')\n",
+        "plt.show()"
       ]
     },
     {
@@ -285,3 +292,4 @@
   "nbformat": 4,
   "nbformat_minor": 0
 }
+