diff --git a/_pytest/fixtures.py b/_pytest/fixtures.py
index 27c2b2c5c..6190dea01 100644
--- a/_pytest/fixtures.py
+++ b/_pytest/fixtures.py
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ class FixtureManager(object):
             argnames = getfuncargnames(func, cls=cls)
         else:
             argnames = ()
-        usefixtures = flatten(uf_mark.args for uf_mark in node.find_markers("usefixtures"))
+        usefixtures = flatten(mark.args for mark in node.iter_markers() if mark.name == "usefixtures")
         initialnames = argnames
         initialnames = tuple(usefixtures) + initialnames
         fm = node.session._fixturemanager
diff --git a/_pytest/mark/evaluate.py b/_pytest/mark/evaluate.py
index 19eff8e00..c89b4933a 100644
--- a/_pytest/mark/evaluate.py
+++ b/_pytest/mark/evaluate.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class MarkEvaluator(object):
         return not hasattr(self, 'exc')
 
     def _get_marks(self):
-        return list(self.item.find_markers(self._mark_name))
+        return [x for x in self.item.iter_markers() if x.name == self._mark_name]
 
     def invalidraise(self, exc):
         raises = self.get('raises')
diff --git a/_pytest/nodes.py b/_pytest/nodes.py
index 215da0825..799ee078a 100644
--- a/_pytest/nodes.py
+++ b/_pytest/nodes.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 import os
 
-from itertools import chain
-from operator import itemgetter
 import six
 import py
 import attr
@@ -10,7 +8,7 @@ import attr
 import _pytest
 import _pytest._code
 
-from _pytest.mark.structures import NodeKeywords, NodeMarkers, MarkInfo
+from _pytest.mark.structures import NodeKeywords, MarkInfo
 
 SEP = "/"
 
@@ -91,7 +89,9 @@ class Node(object):
 
         #: keywords/markers collected from all scopes
         self.keywords = NodeKeywords(self)
-        self._markers = NodeMarkers()
+
+        #: the marker objects belonging to this node
+        self.own_markers = []
 
         #: allow adding of extra keywords to use for matching
         self.extra_keyword_matches = set()
@@ -181,30 +181,13 @@ class Node(object):
         elif not isinstance(marker, MarkDecorator):
             raise ValueError("is not a string or pytest.mark.* Marker")
         self.keywords[marker.name] = marker
-        self._markers.update([marker])
-
-    def find_markers(self, name):
-        """find all marks with the given name on the node and its parents
-
-        :param str name: name of the marker
-        :returns: iterator over marks matching the name"""
-        return map(itemgetter(1), self.find_markers_with_node(name))
-
-    def find_markers_with_node(self, name):
-        """find all marks with the given name on the node and its parents
-
-        :param str name: name of the marker
-        :returns: iterator over (node, mark) matching the name
-        """
-        for node in reversed(self.listchain()):
-            for mark in node._markers.find(name):
-                yield node, mark
+        self.own_markers.append(marker)
 
     def iter_markers(self):
         """
         iterate over all markers of the node
         """
-        return chain.from_iterable(x._markers for x in reversed(self.listchain()))
+        return (x[1] for x in self.iter_markers_with_node())
 
     def iter_markers_with_node(self):
         """
@@ -212,7 +195,7 @@ class Node(object):
         returns sequence of tuples (node, mark)
         """
         for node in reversed(self.listchain()):
-            for mark in node._markers:
+            for mark in node.own_markers:
                 yield node, mark
 
     def get_marker(self, name):
@@ -223,7 +206,7 @@ class Node(object):
 
           deprecated
         """
-        markers = list(self.find_markers(name))
+        markers = [x for x in self.iter_markers() if x.name == name]
         if markers:
             return MarkInfo(markers)
 
diff --git a/_pytest/python.py b/_pytest/python.py
index d85f4a89e..5b3e0138f 100644
--- a/_pytest/python.py
+++ b/_pytest/python.py
@@ -117,8 +117,9 @@ def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
         if hasattr(metafunc.function, attr):
             msg = "{0} has '{1}', spelling should be 'parametrize'"
             raise MarkerError(msg.format(metafunc.function.__name__, attr))
-    for marker in metafunc.definition.find_markers('parametrize'):
-        metafunc.parametrize(*marker.args, **marker.kwargs)
+    for marker in metafunc.definition.iter_markers():
+        if marker.name == 'parametrize':
+            metafunc.parametrize(*marker.args, **marker.kwargs)
 
 
 def pytest_configure(config):
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ class PyobjMixin(PyobjContext):
                 # XXX evil hack
                 # used to avoid Instance collector marker duplication
                 if self._ALLOW_MARKERS:
-                    self._markers.update(get_unpacked_marks(self.obj))
+                    self.own_markers.extend(get_unpacked_marks(self.obj))
             return obj
 
         def fset(self, value):
@@ -1132,7 +1133,7 @@ class Function(FunctionMixin, nodes.Item, fixtures.FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
             self.obj = callobj
 
         self.keywords.update(self.obj.__dict__)
-        self._markers.update(get_unpacked_marks(self.obj))
+        self.own_markers.extend(get_unpacked_marks(self.obj))
         if callspec:
             self.callspec = callspec
             # this is total hostile and a mess
@@ -1142,7 +1143,7 @@ class Function(FunctionMixin, nodes.Item, fixtures.FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
                 # feel free to cry, this was broken for years before
                 # and keywords cant fix it per design
                 self.keywords[mark.name] = mark
-            self._markers.update(callspec.marks)
+            self.own_markers.extend(callspec.marks)
         if keywords:
             self.keywords.update(keywords)
 
diff --git a/_pytest/skipping.py b/_pytest/skipping.py
index 318c8795e..f62edcf9a 100644
--- a/_pytest/skipping.py
+++ b/_pytest/skipping.py
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
         item._skipped_by_mark = True
         skip(eval_skipif.getexplanation())
 
-    for skip_info in item.find_markers('skip'):
+    for skip_info in item.iter_markers():
+        if skip_info.name != 'skip':
+            continue
         item._skipped_by_mark = True
         if 'reason' in skip_info.kwargs:
             skip(skip_info.kwargs['reason'])
diff --git a/_pytest/warnings.py b/_pytest/warnings.py
index 8183d6d66..d8b9fc460 100644
--- a/_pytest/warnings.py
+++ b/_pytest/warnings.py
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ def catch_warnings_for_item(item):
         for arg in inifilters:
             _setoption(warnings, arg)
 
-        for mark in item.find_markers('filterwarnings'):
-            for arg in mark.args:
-                warnings._setoption(arg)
+        for mark in item.iter_markers():
+            if mark.name == 'filterwarnings':
+                for arg in mark.args:
+                    warnings._setoption(arg)
 
         yield
 
diff --git a/testing/test_mark.py b/testing/test_mark.py
index 64b201577..9ec1ce75a 100644
--- a/testing/test_mark.py
+++ b/testing/test_mark.py
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ class TestFunctional(object):
         items, rec = testdir.inline_genitems(p)
         for item in items:
             print(item, item.keywords)
-            assert list(item.find_markers('a'))
+            assert [x for x in item.iter_markers() if x.name == 'a']
 
     def test_mark_decorator_subclass_does_not_propagate_to_base(self, testdir):
         p = testdir.makepyfile("""