diff --git a/bob/measure/script/figure.py b/bob/measure/script/figure.py
index fed26d7cdc8c9bd4fbf06f37af0efdcf61179b05..f158f32bac6c35a244ceaddb447261e78f7bc1dc 100644
--- a/bob/measure/script/figure.py
+++ b/bob/measure/script/figure.py
@@ -716,6 +716,8 @@ class Hist(PlotBase):
         if n + self._ncols >= min(self._step_print, rest_print):
             axis.set_xlabel(self._x_label)
         dflt_title = "Eval. scores" if evaluation else "Dev. scores"
+        if self.n_systems == 1 and (not self._eval or self._hide_dev):
+            dflt_title = " "
         axis.set_title(self._get_title(idx, dflt_title))
         label = "%s threshold%s" % (
             '' if self._criterion is None else