diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 7bbeea7..4487acc 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ NaNMath = "77ba4419-2d1f-58cd-9bb1-8ffee604a2e3"
 Printf = "de0858da-6303-5e67-8744-51eddeeeb8d7"
 Requires = "ae029012-a4dd-5104-9daa-d747884805df"
 Tables = "bd369af6-aec1-5ad0-b16a-f7cc5008161c"
-TikzPictures = "37f6aa50-8035-52d0-81c2-5a1d08754b2d"
 
 [compat]
 CSV = "0.10"
@@ -17,14 +16,4 @@ LaTeXStrings = "^1.3"
 NaNMath = "0.3, 1"
 Requires = "1"
 Tables = "1.11"
-TikzPictures = "3.5"
 julia = "^1.6"
-
-[extras]
-PGFPlotsX = "8314cec4-20b6-5062-9cdb-752b83310925"
-Plots = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80"
-Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
-UnicodePlots = "b8865327-cd53-5732-bb35-84acbb429228"
-
-[targets]
-test = ["PGFPlotsX", "Plots", "Test", "UnicodePlots"]
diff --git a/src/BenchmarkProfiles.jl b/src/BenchmarkProfiles.jl
index a95d7ab..38b6340 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkProfiles.jl
+++ b/src/BenchmarkProfiles.jl
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ for backend ∈ bp_backends
   end
 end
 
+  export_performance_profile_tikz(args...;kwargs...) = error("Please load TikzPictures.jl package to access this function.")
+
 include("performance_profiles.jl")
 include("data_profiles.jl")
-include("tikz_export.jl")
 
 """
 Replace each number by 2^{number} in a string.
diff --git a/src/requires.jl b/src/requires.jl
index ea1627a..490aaca 100644
--- a/src/requires.jl
+++ b/src/requires.jl
@@ -181,4 +181,8 @@ function __init__()
       return profile
     end
   end
+
+  @require TikzPictures = "37f6aa50-8035-52d0-81c2-5a1d08754b2d" begin
+    include("tikz_export.jl")
+  end
 end
diff --git a/src/tikz_export.jl b/src/tikz_export.jl
index 48b9671..d516f0a 100644
--- a/src/tikz_export.jl
+++ b/src/tikz_export.jl
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-using TikzPictures
-
-export export_performance_profile_tikz
-
 """
     function export_performance_profile_tikz(T, filename; kwargs...)
 
-Export tikz figure of the performance profiles given by `T` in `filename`.
+Export tikz-generated figure of the performance profiles given by `T` in `filename`.
 
 ## Arguments
 
@@ -42,7 +38,7 @@ Other keyword arguments are passed to `performance_profile_data`.
 function export_performance_profile_tikz(
   T::Matrix{Float64},
   filename::String;
-  file_type = TIKZ,
+  file_type = TikzPictures.TIKZ,
   solvernames::Vector{String} = String[],
   xlim::AbstractFloat = 10.0,
   ylim::AbstractFloat = 10.0,
@@ -161,6 +157,12 @@ function export_performance_profile_tikz(
     drawcmd *= ";"
     println(io, drawcmd)
   end
+
+  # legend box
+  println(
+    io,
+    "\\draw[line width=$linewidth,fill=white] ($(lgd_pos[1]),$(lgd_pos[2])) rectangle ($(lgd_pos[1]+lgd_box_length),$(lgd_pos[2]-lgd_v_offset*(length(solvernames)+1)));",
+  )
   # legend
   for j in eachindex(solvernames)
     legcmd = "\\draw[$(colours[j]), $(linestyles[j]), line width = $linewidth] "
@@ -172,13 +174,8 @@ function export_performance_profile_tikz(
 
     println(io, legcmd)
   end
-  # legend box
-  println(
-    io,
-    "\\draw[line width=$linewidth] ($(lgd_pos[1]),$(lgd_pos[2])) -- ($(lgd_pos[1]+lgd_box_length),$(lgd_pos[2])) -- ($(lgd_pos[1]+lgd_box_length),$(lgd_pos[2]-lgd_v_offset*(length(solvernames)+1))) -- ($(lgd_pos[1]),$(lgd_pos[2]-lgd_v_offset*(length(solvernames)+1))) -- cycle;",
-  )
 
   raw_code = String(take!(io))
-  tp = TikzPicture(raw_code)
-  save(file_type(filename), tp)
+  tp = TikzPictures.TikzPicture(raw_code)
+  TikzPictures.save(file_type(filename), tp)
 end
diff --git a/test/Project.toml b/test/Project.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ab36f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Project.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[deps]
+LaTeXStrings = "b964fa9f-0449-5b57-a5c2-d3ea65f4040f"
+PGFPlotsX = "8314cec4-20b6-5062-9cdb-752b83310925"
+Plots = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80"
+Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
+TikzPictures = "37f6aa50-8035-52d0-81c2-5a1d08754b2d"
+UnicodePlots = "b8865327-cd53-5732-bb35-84acbb429228"
+
+[compat]
+LaTeXStrings = "^1.3"
+PGFPlotsX = "1.6"
+Plots = "1.39"
+TikzPictures = "3.5"
+UnicodePlots = "3.6"
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