diff --git a/src/PythonPlot.jl b/src/PythonPlot.jl
index 968eecf..a1148cc 100755
--- a/src/PythonPlot.jl
+++ b/src/PythonPlot.jl
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", h::LazyHelp)
     for k in h.keys
         o = pygetattr(o, k)
     end
-    if hasproperty(o, :__doc__)
+    if pyhasattr(o, "__doc__")
         print(io, pyconvert(String, o.__doc__))
     else
         print(io, "no Python docstring found for ", o)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Base.getproperty(f::Figure, s::Symbol) = getproperty(Py(f), s)
 Base.getproperty(f::Figure, s::AbstractString) = getproperty(f, Symbol(s))
 Base.setproperty!(f::Figure, s::Symbol, x) = setproperty!(Py(f), s, x)
 Base.setproperty!(f::Figure, s::AbstractString, x) = setproperty!(f, Symbol(s), x)
-Base.hasproperty(f::Figure, s::Symbol) = hasproperty(Py(f), s)
+Base.hasproperty(f::Figure, s::Symbol) = pyhasattr(Py(f), s)
 Base.propertynames(f::Figure) = propertynames(Py(f))
 
 for (mime,fmt) in aggformats
@@ -175,10 +175,10 @@ const plt_funcs = (:acorr,:annotate,:arrow,:autoscale,:autumn,:axes,:axhline,:ax
 for f in plt_funcs
     sf = string(f)
     @eval @doc LazyHelp(pyplot,$sf) function $f(args...; kws...)
-        if !hasproperty(pyplot, $(QuoteNode(f)))
+        if !pyhasattr(pyplot, $sf)
             error("matplotlib ", version, " does not have pyplot.", $sf)
         end
-        return pycall(pyplot.$f, args...; kws...)
+        return pycall(pyplot.$sf, args...; kws...)
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/src/colormaps.jl b/src/colormaps.jl
index 39f9d90..bc430ec 100644
--- a/src/colormaps.jl
+++ b/src/colormaps.jl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Base.getproperty(c::ColorMap, s::AbstractString) = getproperty(Py(c), Symbol(s))
 Base.setproperty!(c::ColorMap, s::Symbol, x) = setproperty!(Py(c), s, x)
 Base.setproperty!(c::ColorMap, s::AbstractString, x) = setproperty!(Py(c), Symbol(s), x)
 Base.propertynames(c::ColorMap) = propertynames(Py(c))
-Base.hasproperty(c::ColorMap, s::Union{Symbol,AbstractString}) = hasproperty(Py(c), s)
+Base.hasproperty(c::ColorMap, s::Union{Symbol,AbstractString}) = pyhasattr(Py(c), s)
 
 function Base.show(io::IO, c::ColorMap)
     print(io, "ColorMap \"$(pyconvert(String, c.name))\"")
diff --git a/src/plot3d.jl b/src/plot3d.jl
index 90adc3b..635a8aa 100644
--- a/src/plot3d.jl
+++ b/src/plot3d.jl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PythonCall.Py(m::LazyPyModule) = _ispynull(getfield(m, :o)) ? PythonCall.pycopy!
 Base.Docs.doc(m::LazyPyModule) = Base.Docs.Text(pyconvert(String, Py(m).__doc__))
 Base.getproperty(m::LazyPyModule, x::Symbol) = getproperty(Py(m), x)
 Base.setproperty!(m::LazyPyModule, x::Symbol, v) = setproperty!(Py(m), x, v)
-Base.hasproperty(m::LazyPyModule, x::Symbol) = PyCall.hasproperty(Py(m), x)
+Base.hasproperty(m::LazyPyModule, x::Symbol) = pyhasattr(Py(m), x)
 Base.propertynames(m::LazyPyModule) = propertynames(Py(m))
 
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