diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index 17ce9f0f7..759234368 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -1588,6 +1588,8 @@ end
 const _already_warned = Dict{Symbol,Set{Symbol}}()
 const _to_warn = Set{Symbol}()
 
+should_warn_on_unsupported(::AbstractBackend) = _plot_defaults[:warn_on_unsupported]
+
 function warn_on_unsupported_args(pkg::AbstractBackend, plotattributes)
     empty!(_to_warn)
     bend = backend_name(pkg)
@@ -1605,7 +1607,7 @@ function warn_on_unsupported_args(pkg::AbstractBackend, plotattributes)
     end
 
     if !isempty(_to_warn) &&
-       get(plotattributes, :warn_on_unsupported, _plot_defaults[:warn_on_unsupported])
+       get(plotattributes, :warn_on_unsupported, should_warn_on_unsupported(pkg))
         for k in sort(collect(_to_warn))
             push!(already_warned, k)
             @warn(
@@ -1621,7 +1623,7 @@ end
 # _markershape_supported(pkg::AbstractBackend, shapes::AVec) = all([_markershape_supported(pkg, shape) for shape in shapes])
 
 function warn_on_unsupported(pkg::AbstractBackend, plotattributes)
-    if !get(plotattributes, :warn_on_unsupported, _plot_defaults[:warn_on_unsupported])
+    if !get(plotattributes, :warn_on_unsupported, should_warn_on_unsupported(pkg))
         return
     end
     if !is_seriestype_supported(pkg, plotattributes[:seriestype])
@@ -1642,7 +1644,7 @@ function warn_on_unsupported(pkg::AbstractBackend, plotattributes)
 end
 
 function warn_on_unsupported_scales(pkg::AbstractBackend, plotattributes::AKW)
-    if !get(plotattributes, :warn_on_unsupported, _plot_defaults[:warn_on_unsupported])
+    if !get(plotattributes, :warn_on_unsupported, should_warn_on_unsupported(pkg))
         return
     end
     for k in (:xscale, :yscale, :zscale, :scale)
diff --git a/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl b/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
index 776d0744c..2e8c13980 100644
--- a/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
+++ b/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # https://github.com/JuliaPlots/UnicodePlots.jl
 
+should_warn_on_unsupported(::UnicodePlotsBackend) = false
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 const _canvas_map = (
     braille = UnicodePlots.BrailleCanvas,