diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f1d8850df16..5f74f05d6ce 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ For full functionality, some functions require:
 - Picard >= 0.3
 - CuPy >= 4.0 (for NVIDIA CUDA acceleration)
 - DIPY >= 0.10.1
-- PyVista >= 0.23.1
+- PyVista >= 0.24
 
 Contributing to MNE-Python
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index f93d836fc9b..797f1d74fc9 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -369,38 +369,8 @@
 except Exception:
     pass
 else:
-    # XXX hack, adapted from PyVista to work around
-    # https://github.com/mne-tools/mne-python/issues/7228
-    # https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/548
-    import shutil
-
-    class Scraper(object):  # noqa:D101
-
-        def __repr__(self):  # noqa:D101
-            return 'PyVista Scraper'
-
-        def __call__(self, block, block_vars, gallery_conf):  # noqa:D101
-            from sphinx_gallery.scrapers import figure_rst
-            image_names = list()
-            image_path_iterator = block_vars["image_path_iterator"]
-            figures = pyvista.plotting._ALL_PLOTTERS
-            seen_plotters = list()
-            for address, plotter in figures.items():
-                if plotter in seen_plotters:
-                    continue
-                seen_plotters += [plotter]
-                fname = next(image_path_iterator)
-                if hasattr(plotter, '_gif_filename'):
-                    # move gif to fname
-                    shutil.move(plotter._gif_filename, fname)
-                else:
-                    plotter.screenshot(fname)
-                image_names.append(fname)
-            pyvista.close_all()  # close and clear all plotters
-            return figure_rst(image_names, gallery_conf["src_dir"])
-    scrapers += (Scraper(),)  # eventually just ('pyvista',)
-if any(x in scrapers for x in ('pyvista', 'mayavi')) or \
-        any('PyVista' in repr(s) for s in scrapers):  # just for our hack
+    scrapers += ('pyvista',)
+if any(x in scrapers for x in ('pyvista', 'mayavi')):
     from traits.api import push_exception_handler
     push_exception_handler(reraise_exceptions=True)
     report_scraper = mne.report._ReportScraper()
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 2663395ad93..737bea936c6 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies:
 - pip:
   - mne
   - https://api.github.com/repos/numpy/numpydoc/zipball/master
-  - pyvista>=0.23.1
+  - pyvista>=0.24
   - mayavi
   - PySurfer[save_movie]
   - dipy --only-binary dipy
diff --git a/mne/viz/_brain/_timeviewer.py b/mne/viz/_brain/_timeviewer.py
index 342a0a760b3..fbb7076aaeb 100644
--- a/mne/viz/_brain/_timeviewer.py
+++ b/mne/viz/_brain/_timeviewer.py
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@
 class MplCanvas(object):
     """Ultimately, this is a QWidget (as well as a FigureCanvasAgg, etc.)."""
 
-    def __init__(self, timeviewer, parent, width, height, dpi):
+    def __init__(self, timeviewer, width, height, dpi):
         from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
         from matplotlib.figure import Figure
         from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt5agg import FigureCanvasQTAgg
+        if timeviewer.separate_canvas:
+            parent = None
+        else:
+            parent = timeviewer.window
         self.fig = Figure(figsize=(width, height), dpi=dpi)
         self.canvas = FigureCanvasQTAgg(self.fig)
         self.axes = self.fig.add_subplot(111)
@@ -316,7 +320,9 @@ def __init__(self, brain, show_traces=False):
         self.brain.time_viewer = self
         self.plotter = brain._renderer.plotter
         self.main_menu = self.plotter.main_menu
-        self.interactor = self.plotter
+        self.window = self.plotter.app_window
+        self.status_bar = self.window.statusBar()
+        self.interactor = self.plotter.interactor
         self.interactor.keyPressEvent = self.keyPressEvent
 
         # Derived parameters:
@@ -402,7 +408,7 @@ def play(self):
             self.time_call(idx, update_widget=True)
             if time_point == max_time:
                 self.playback = False
-            self.plotter.update()  # critical for smooth animation
+        self.plotter.update()  # critical for smooth animation
 
     def set_slider_style(self, slider, show_label=True):
         if slider is not None:
@@ -615,11 +621,7 @@ def configure_point_picking(self):
             dpi = win.windowHandle().screen().logicalDotsPerInch()
             w, h = win.geometry().width() / dpi, win.geometry().height() / dpi
             h /= 3  # one third of the window
-            if self.separate_canvas:
-                parent = None
-            else:
-                parent = win
-            self.mpl_canvas = MplCanvas(self, parent, w, h, dpi)
+            self.mpl_canvas = MplCanvas(self, w, h, dpi)
             xlim = [np.min(self.brain._data['time']),
                     np.max(self.brain._data['time'])]
             self.mpl_canvas.axes.set(xlim=xlim)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9e1d0308764..27eab79351b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ xlrd
 pydocstyle
 flake8
 https://api.github.com/repos/mcmtroffaes/sphinxcontrib-bibtex/zipball/29694f215b39d64a31b845aafd9ff2ae9329494f
-pyvista>=0.23.1
+pyvista>=0.24