diff --git a/ReferenceTests/src/tests/examples2d.jl b/ReferenceTests/src/tests/examples2d.jl
index 8cc85e7e075..735be7bb507 100644
--- a/ReferenceTests/src/tests/examples2d.jl
+++ b/ReferenceTests/src/tests/examples2d.jl
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ function ppu_test_plot(resolution, px_per_unit, scalefactor)
     fig, ax, pl = scatter(1:4, markersize=100, color=1:4, figure=(; size=resolution), axis=(; titlesize=50, title="ppu: $px_per_unit, sf: $scalefactor"))
     DataInspector(ax)
     hidedecorations!(ax)
-    return fig
+    fig
 end
 
 @reference_test "px_per_unit and scalefactor" begin
@@ -1373,3 +1373,10 @@ end
         st
     end
 end
+
+@reference_test "spurious minor tick (#3487)" begin
+    fig = Figure(size=(227, 170))
+    ax = Axis(fig[1, 1]; yticks = 0:.2:1, yminorticksvisible = true)
+    ylims!(ax, 0, 1)
+    fig
+end
diff --git a/src/makielayout/lineaxis.jl b/src/makielayout/lineaxis.jl
index 7d585eb2698..4306f96b5a3 100644
--- a/src/makielayout/lineaxis.jl
+++ b/src/makielayout/lineaxis.jl
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ end
 
 # if labels are given manually, it's possible that some of them are outside the displayed limits
 # we only check approximately because otherwise because of floating point errors, ticks can be dismissed sometimes
-is_valid_tick(tv, limits) = (limits[1] <= tv || limits[1] ≈ tv) && (tv <= limits[2] || tv ≈ limits[2])
+is_valid_tick(tv, limits) = (limits[1] ≤ tv || limits[1] ≈ tv) && (tv ≤ limits[2] || tv ≈ limits[2])
 
 function update_tickpos_string(closure_args, tickvalues_labels_unfiltered, reversed::Bool, scale)