diff --git a/src/napari_matplotlib/base.py b/src/napari_matplotlib/base.py
index fda2d2d5..8c717d6a 100644
--- a/src/napari_matplotlib/base.py
+++ b/src/napari_matplotlib/base.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 from .util import Interval, from_napari_css_get_size_of
 
-__all__ = ["BaseNapariMPLWidget", "NapariMPLWidget"]
+__all__ = ["BaseNapariMPLWidget", "NapariMPLWidget", "SingleAxesWidget"]
 
 
 class BaseNapariMPLWidget(QWidget):
@@ -270,6 +270,27 @@ def on_update_layers(self) -> None:
         """
 
 
+class SingleAxesWidget(NapariMPLWidget):
+    """
+    In addition to `NapariMPLWidget`, this sets up a single axes and
+    the callback to clear it.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        napari_viewer: napari.viewer.Viewer,
+        parent: Optional[QWidget] = None,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(napari_viewer=napari_viewer, parent=parent)
+        self.add_single_axes()
+
+    def clear(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Clear the axes.
+        """
+        self.axes.clear()
+
+
 class NapariNavigationToolbar(NavigationToolbar2QT):
     """Custom Toolbar style for Napari."""
 
diff --git a/src/napari_matplotlib/histogram.py b/src/napari_matplotlib/histogram.py
index 1e273e70..39ad41a3 100644
--- a/src/napari_matplotlib/histogram.py
+++ b/src/napari_matplotlib/histogram.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 from qtpy.QtWidgets import QWidget
 
-from .base import NapariMPLWidget
+from .base import SingleAxesWidget
 from .util import Interval
 
 __all__ = ["HistogramWidget"]
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 _COLORS = {"r": "tab:red", "g": "tab:green", "b": "tab:blue"}
 
 
-class HistogramWidget(NapariMPLWidget):
+class HistogramWidget(SingleAxesWidget):
     """
     Display a histogram of the currently selected layer.
     """
@@ -26,15 +26,8 @@ def __init__(
         parent: Optional[QWidget] = None,
     ):
         super().__init__(napari_viewer, parent=parent)
-        self.add_single_axes()
         self._update_layers(None)
 
-    def clear(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Clear the axes.
-        """
-        self.axes.clear()
-
     def draw(self) -> None:
         """
         Clear the axes and histogram the currently selected layer/slice.
diff --git a/src/napari_matplotlib/scatter.py b/src/napari_matplotlib/scatter.py
index c439677b..334f941c 100644
--- a/src/napari_matplotlib/scatter.py
+++ b/src/napari_matplotlib/scatter.py
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 import numpy.typing as npt
 from qtpy.QtWidgets import QComboBox, QLabel, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
 
-from .base import NapariMPLWidget
+from .base import SingleAxesWidget
 from .util import Interval
 
 __all__ = ["ScatterBaseWidget", "ScatterWidget", "FeaturesScatterWidget"]
 
 
-class ScatterBaseWidget(NapariMPLWidget):
+class ScatterBaseWidget(SingleAxesWidget):
     """
     Base class for widgets that scatter two datasets against each other.
     """
@@ -19,20 +19,6 @@ class ScatterBaseWidget(NapariMPLWidget):
     # the scatter is plotted as a 2D histogram
     _threshold_to_switch_to_histogram = 500
 
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        napari_viewer: napari.viewer.Viewer,
-        parent: Optional[QWidget] = None,
-    ):
-        super().__init__(napari_viewer, parent=parent)
-        self.add_single_axes()
-
-    def clear(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Clear the axes.
-        """
-        self.axes.clear()
-
     def draw(self) -> None:
         """
         Scatter the currently selected layers.
diff --git a/src/napari_matplotlib/slice.py b/src/napari_matplotlib/slice.py
index 54a13ea2..8cbef453 100644
--- a/src/napari_matplotlib/slice.py
+++ b/src/napari_matplotlib/slice.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import numpy.typing as npt
 from qtpy.QtWidgets import QComboBox, QHBoxLayout, QLabel, QSpinBox, QWidget
 
-from .base import NapariMPLWidget
+from .base import SingleAxesWidget
 from .util import Interval
 
 __all__ = ["SliceWidget"]
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 _dims = ["x", "y", "z"]
 
 
-class SliceWidget(NapariMPLWidget):
+class SliceWidget(SingleAxesWidget):
     """
     Plot a 1D slice along a given dimension.
     """
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         # Setup figure/axes
         super().__init__(napari_viewer, parent=parent)
-        self.add_single_axes()
 
         button_layout = QHBoxLayout()
         self.layout().addLayout(button_layout)
@@ -108,12 +107,6 @@ def _get_xy(self) -> Tuple[npt.NDArray[Any], npt.NDArray[Any]]:
 
         return x, y
 
-    def clear(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Clear the axes.
-        """
-        self.axes.cla()
-
     def draw(self) -> None:
         """
         Clear axes and draw a 1D plot.