diff --git a/holoviews/plotting/mpl/chart3d.py b/holoviews/plotting/mpl/chart3d.py
index 9f71e6c1f0..7213230158 100644
--- a/holoviews/plotting/mpl/chart3d.py
+++ b/holoviews/plotting/mpl/chart3d.py
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ def get_data(self, element, ranges, style):
         self._compute_styles(element, ranges, style)
         with abbreviated_exception():
             style = self._apply_transforms(element, ranges, style)
+        if style.get('edgecolors') == 'none':
+            style.pop('edgecolors')
         return (xs, ys, zs), style, {}
 
     def update_handles(self, key, axis, element, ranges, style):