diff --git a/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/hist.py b/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/hist.py
index 1a423ad49c294..c6ecfb97ce97f 100644
--- a/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/hist.py
+++ b/pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/hist.py
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ def _plot(  # type: ignore[override]
         column_num: int = 0,
         stacking_id=None,
         *,
-        bins,
         **kwds,
-        # might return a subset from the possible return types of Axes.hist(...)[2]?
+        # might return a subset from the possible return types of Axes.hist(...)?
     ) -> BarContainer | Polygon | list[BarContainer | Polygon]:
+        bins = kwds.pop("bins")
         if column_num == 0:
             cls._initialize_stacker(ax, stacking_id, len(bins) - 1)