diff --git a/skimage/transform/_seam_carving.pyx b/skimage/transform/_seam_carving.pyx
index 41ea1d75..7159e38a 100644
--- a/skimage/transform/_seam_carving.pyx
+++ b/skimage/transform/_seam_carving.pyx
@@ -202,4 +202,6 @@ def _seam_carve_v(img, energy_map, iters, border):
             last_row[:cols] = cumulative_img[-1, :cols]
             sorted_indices = np.argsort(last_row_obj)
 
+    _remove_seam(image, seam_map, cols)
+
     return img[:, 0:cols]
diff --git a/skimage/transform/tests/test_seam_carving.py b/skimage/transform/tests/test_seam_carving.py
index 57df75e0..1ff0b32e 100644
--- a/skimage/transform/tests/test_seam_carving.py
+++ b/skimage/transform/tests/test_seam_carving.py
@@ -3,34 +3,20 @@ import numpy as np
 from numpy import testing
 
 
-def energy(img):
-    if(img.ndim == 3):
-        img = np.ascontiguousarray(img[:, :, 0])
-    return (1 - img)
-
-
 def test_seam_carving():
     img = np.array([[0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
                     [0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
                     [0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
                     [0, 1, 0, 0, 0],
                     [1, 0, 0, 0, 0]], dtype=np.float)
+    energy = 1 - img
 
-    out = transform.seam_carve(img, 'horizontal', 1, energy, border=0)
+    out = transform.seam_carve(img, energy, 'vertical', 1, border=0)
+    print out
     testing.assert_allclose(out, 0)
 
     img = img.T
-    out = transform.seam_carve(img, 'vertical', 1, energy, border=0)
-    testing.assert_allclose(out, 0)
-
-    img = img.T
-
-    img3 = np.dstack([img, img, img])
-
-    out = transform.seam_carve(img3, 'horizontal', 1, energy, border=0)
-    testing.assert_allclose(out, 0)
-
-    out = transform.seam_carve(img3, 'vertical', 1, energy, border=0)
+    out = transform.seam_carve(img, energy, 'horizontal', 1, border=0)
     testing.assert_allclose(out, 0)