diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f5b0f7157a1..fc5a7dac605 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "3d-view": "^2.0.0",
     "alpha-shape": "^1.0.0",
-    "arraytools": "^1.0.0",
     "color-rgba": "^1.0.4",
     "convex-hull": "^1.0.3",
     "country-regex": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/src/plots/cartesian/axis_defaults.js b/src/plots/cartesian/axis_defaults.js
index 49691e9400c..631255c5a9f 100644
--- a/src/plots/cartesian/axis_defaults.js
+++ b/src/plots/cartesian/axis_defaults.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ module.exports = function handleAxisDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce,
         return Lib.coerce2(containerIn, containerOut, layoutAttributes, attr, dflt);
     }
 
-    coerce('visible', !options.cheateronly);
+    var visible = coerce('visible', !options.cheateronly);
 
     var axType = containerOut.type;
 
@@ -58,6 +58,20 @@ module.exports = function handleAxisDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce,
 
     setConvert(containerOut, layoutOut);
 
+    var autoRange = coerce('autorange', !containerOut.isValidRange(containerIn.range));
+
+    if(autoRange) coerce('rangemode');
+
+    coerce('range');
+    containerOut.cleanRange();
+
+    handleCategoryOrderDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce);
+    containerOut._initialCategories = axType === 'category' ?
+        orderedCategories(letter, containerOut.categoryorder, containerOut.categoryarray, options.data) :
+        [];
+
+    if(!visible) return containerOut;
+
     var dfltColor = coerce('color');
     // if axis.color was provided, use it for fonts too; otherwise,
     // inherit from global font color in case that was provided.
@@ -70,17 +84,9 @@ module.exports = function handleAxisDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce,
         color: dfltFontColor
     });
 
-    var autoRange = coerce('autorange', !containerOut.isValidRange(containerIn.range));
-
-    if(autoRange) coerce('rangemode');
-
-    coerce('range');
-    containerOut.cleanRange();
-
     handleTickValueDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce, axType);
     handleTickLabelDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce, axType, options);
     handleTickMarkDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce, options);
-    handleCategoryOrderDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce);
 
     var lineColor = coerce2('linecolor', dfltColor),
         lineWidth = coerce2('linewidth'),
@@ -111,10 +117,5 @@ module.exports = function handleAxisDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce,
         delete containerOut.zerolinewidth;
     }
 
-    // fill in categories
-    containerOut._initialCategories = axType === 'category' ?
-        orderedCategories(letter, containerOut.categoryorder, containerOut.categoryarray, options.data) :
-        [];
-
     return containerOut;
 };
diff --git a/src/plots/gl3d/layout/convert.js b/src/plots/gl3d/layout/convert.js
index 1bba5caebbe..19814841d76 100644
--- a/src/plots/gl3d/layout/convert.js
+++ b/src/plots/gl3d/layout/convert.js
@@ -9,12 +9,9 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-var arrtools = require('arraytools');
 var convertHTMLToUnicode = require('../../../lib/html2unicode');
 var str2RgbaArray = require('../../../lib/str2rgbarray');
 
-var arrayCopy1D = arrtools.copy1D;
-
 var AXES_NAMES = ['xaxis', 'yaxis', 'zaxis'];
 
 function AxesOptions() {
@@ -64,9 +61,9 @@ function AxesOptions() {
                               [0.8, 0.8, 0.8, 0.5] ];
 
     // some default values are stored for applying model transforms
-    this._defaultTickPad = arrayCopy1D(this.tickPad);
-    this._defaultLabelPad = arrayCopy1D(this.labelPad);
-    this._defaultLineTickLength = arrayCopy1D(this.lineTickLength);
+    this._defaultTickPad = this.tickPad.slice();
+    this._defaultLabelPad = this.labelPad.slice();
+    this._defaultLineTickLength = this.lineTickLength.slice();
 }
 
 var proto = AxesOptions.prototype;
@@ -76,6 +73,17 @@ proto.merge = function(sceneLayout) {
     for(var i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
         var axes = sceneLayout[AXES_NAMES[i]];
 
+        if(!axes.visible) {
+            opts.tickEnable[i] = false;
+            opts.labelEnable[i] = false;
+            opts.lineEnable[i] = false;
+            opts.lineTickEnable[i] = false;
+            opts.gridEnable[i] = false;
+            opts.zeroEnable[i] = false;
+            opts.backgroundEnable[i] = false;
+            continue;
+        }
+
         // Axes labels
         opts.labels[i] = convertHTMLToUnicode(axes.title);
         if('titlefont' in axes) {
diff --git a/src/plots/gl3d/layout/spikes.js b/src/plots/gl3d/layout/spikes.js
index b835642f7cb..4d63677f25b 100644
--- a/src/plots/gl3d/layout/spikes.js
+++ b/src/plots/gl3d/layout/spikes.js
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ proto.merge = function(sceneLayout) {
     for(var i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
         var axes = sceneLayout[AXES_NAMES[i]];
 
+        if(!axes.visible) {
+            this.enabled[i] = false;
+            this.drawSides[i] = false;
+            continue;
+        }
+
         this.enabled[i] = axes.showspikes;
         this.colors[i] = str2RGBArray(axes.spikecolor);
         this.drawSides[i] = axes.spikesides;
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/axes_visible-false.png b/test/image/baselines/axes_visible-false.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f12542a06e
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diff --git a/test/image/baselines/gl3d_axes-visible-false.png b/test/image/baselines/gl3d_axes-visible-false.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dab999eeddb
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diff --git a/test/image/mocks/axes_visible-false.json b/test/image/mocks/axes_visible-false.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8caca6b9d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/image/mocks/axes_visible-false.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "data": [{
+    "y": [1, 2, 3]
+  }],
+  "layout": {
+    "xaxis": { "visible": false },
+    "yaxis": { "visible": false }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/image/mocks/gl3d_axes-visible-false.json b/test/image/mocks/gl3d_axes-visible-false.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..34b03edac11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/image/mocks/gl3d_axes-visible-false.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "data": [{
+    "type": "scatter3d",
+    "x": [1, 2, 3],
+    "y": [1, 2, 3],
+    "z": [1, 2, 0]
+  }],
+  "layout": {
+    "scene": {
+      "xaxis": { "visible": false },
+      "yaxis": { "visible": false },
+      "zaxis": { "visible": false },
+      "camera": {
+        "eye": {
+          "x": -0.1,
+          "y": 0.2,
+          "z": 2.1
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}