diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 4d3d99b9f..08ebea21e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 Changes between 2.3.4 and 2.3.5dev
 -----------------------------------
 
+- never consider a fixture function for test function collection
+
 - allow re-running of test items / helps to fix pytest-reruntests plugin
-  and also should help to keep less fixture/resource references alive
+  and also help to keep less fixture/resource references alive
 
 - put captured stdout/stderr into junitxml output even for passing tests
   (thanks Adam Goucher)
diff --git a/_pytest/python.py b/_pytest/python.py
index 34e7fffbd..b78e33513 100644
--- a/_pytest/python.py
+++ b/_pytest/python.py
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ def pytest_pycollect_makeitem(__multicall__, collector, name, obj):
         if collector.classnamefilter(name):
             Class = collector._getcustomclass("Class")
             return Class(name, parent=collector)
-    elif collector.funcnamefilter(name) and hasattr(obj, '__call__'):
+    elif collector.funcnamefilter(name) and hasattr(obj, '__call__') and \
+        getfixturemarker(obj) is None:
         if is_generator(obj):
             return Generator(name, parent=collector)
         else:
@@ -1566,15 +1567,7 @@ class FixtureManager:
                 continue
             # fixture functions have a pytest_funcarg__ prefix (pre-2.3 style)
             # or are "@pytest.fixture" marked
-            try:
-                marker = obj._pytestfixturefunction
-            except KeyboardInterrupt:
-                raise
-            except Exception:
-                # some objects raise errors like request (from flask import request)
-                # we don't expect them to be fixture functions
-                marker = None
-
+            marker = getfixturemarker(obj)
             if marker is None:
                 if not name.startswith(self._argprefix):
                     continue
@@ -1771,6 +1764,18 @@ def getfuncargparams(item, ignore, scopenum, cache):
 
 def xunitsetup(obj, name):
     meth = getattr(obj, name, None)
-    if meth is not None:
-        if not hasattr(meth, "_pytestfixturefunction"):
-            return meth
+    if getfixturemarker(meth) is None:
+        return meth
+
+def getfixturemarker(obj):
+    """ return fixturemarker or None if it doesn't exist or raised
+    exceptions."""
+    try:
+        return getattr(obj, "_pytestfixturefunction", None)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        raise
+    except Exception:
+        # some objects raise errors like request (from flask import request)
+        # we don't expect them to be fixture functions
+        return None
+
diff --git a/testing/python/fixture.py b/testing/python/fixture.py
index 02cd55c21..938555002 100644
--- a/testing/python/fixture.py
+++ b/testing/python/fixture.py
@@ -1641,6 +1641,20 @@ class TestFixtureMarker:
         reprec = testdir.inline_run("-v")
         reprec.assertoutcome(passed=6)
 
+    def test_fixture_marked_function_not_collected_as_test(self, testdir):
+        testdir.makepyfile("""
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.fixture
+            def test_app():
+                return 1
+
+            def test_something(test_app):
+                assert test_app == 1
+        """)
+        reprec = testdir.inline_run()
+        reprec.assertoutcome(passed=1)
+
+
 class TestRequestScopeAccess:
     pytestmark = pytest.mark.parametrize(("scope", "ok", "error"),[
         ["session", "", "fspath class function module"],
diff --git a/testing/test_assertion.py b/testing/test_assertion.py
index c85bec336..02199ef43 100644
--- a/testing/test_assertion.py
+++ b/testing/test_assertion.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class TestAssert_reprcompare:
 
     def test_frozenzet(self):
         expl = callequal(frozenset([0, 1]), set([0, 2]))
-        print expl
+        print (expl)
         assert len(expl) > 1
 
     def test_list_tuples(self):