diff --git a/src/graph.jl b/src/graph.jl
index 94954602..7f994f45 100644
--- a/src/graph.jl
+++ b/src/graph.jl
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ SparsityPatternCSC(A::SparseMatrixCSC) = SparsityPatternCSC(A.m, A.n, A.colptr,
 SparseArrays.indtype(::SparsityPatternCSC{T}) where {T} = T
 Base.size(S::SparsityPatternCSC) = (S.m, S.n)
 Base.size(S::SparsityPatternCSC, d::Integer) = d::Integer <= 2 ? size(S)[d] : 1
-Base.axes(S::SparsityPatternCSC, d::Integer) = Base.OneTo(size(S, d))
 
 SparseArrays.nnz(S::SparsityPatternCSC) = length(S.rowval)
 SparseArrays.rowvals(S::SparsityPatternCSC) = S.rowval
diff --git a/test/graph.jl b/test/graph.jl
index 732b62ca..2a6211c4 100644
--- a/test/graph.jl
+++ b/test/graph.jl
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ using Test
         @test size(A, 1) == size(S, 1)
         @test size(A, 2) == size(S, 2)
         @test size(A, 3) == size(S, 3)
+        @test axes(A) == axes(S)
         @test axes(A, 1) == axes(S, 1)
         @test axes(A, 2) == axes(S, 2)
+        @test axes(A, 3) == axes(S, 3)
     end
     @testset "getindex" begin
         A = sprand(Bool, 100, 100, 0.1)