diff --git a/src/_pytest/fixtures.py b/src/_pytest/fixtures.py
index 6f1a0880d..207bf27e4 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/fixtures.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/fixtures.py
@@ -789,23 +789,26 @@ def call_fixture_func(fixturefunc, request, kwargs):
     if yieldctx:
         it = fixturefunc(**kwargs)
         res = next(it)
-
-        def teardown():
-            try:
-                next(it)
-            except StopIteration:
-                pass
-            else:
-                fail_fixturefunc(
-                    fixturefunc, "yield_fixture function has more than one 'yield'"
-                )
-
-        request.addfinalizer(teardown)
+        finalizer = functools.partial(_teardown_yield_fixture, fixturefunc, it)
+        request.addfinalizer(finalizer)
     else:
         res = fixturefunc(**kwargs)
     return res
 
 
+def _teardown_yield_fixture(fixturefunc, it):
+    """Executes the teardown of a fixture function by advancing the iterator after the
+    yield and ensure the iteration ends (if not it means there is more than one yield in the function"""
+    try:
+        next(it)
+    except StopIteration:
+        pass
+    else:
+        fail_fixturefunc(
+            fixturefunc, "yield_fixture function has more than one 'yield'"
+        )
+
+
 class FixtureDef(object):
     """ A container for a factory definition. """
 
@@ -896,15 +899,10 @@ class FixtureDef(object):
         )
 
 
-def pytest_fixture_setup(fixturedef, request):
-    """ Execution of fixture setup. """
-    kwargs = {}
-    for argname in fixturedef.argnames:
-        fixdef = request._get_active_fixturedef(argname)
-        result, arg_cache_key, exc = fixdef.cached_result
-        request._check_scope(argname, request.scope, fixdef.scope)
-        kwargs[argname] = result
-
+def resolve_fixture_function(fixturedef, request):
+    """Gets the actual callable that can be called to obtain the fixture value, dealing with unittest-specific
+    instances and bound methods.
+    """
     fixturefunc = fixturedef.func
     if fixturedef.unittest:
         if request.instance is not None:
@@ -918,6 +916,19 @@ def pytest_fixture_setup(fixturedef, request):
             fixturefunc = getimfunc(fixturedef.func)
             if fixturefunc != fixturedef.func:
                 fixturefunc = fixturefunc.__get__(request.instance)
+    return fixturefunc
+
+
+def pytest_fixture_setup(fixturedef, request):
+    """ Execution of fixture setup. """
+    kwargs = {}
+    for argname in fixturedef.argnames:
+        fixdef = request._get_active_fixturedef(argname)
+        result, arg_cache_key, exc = fixdef.cached_result
+        request._check_scope(argname, request.scope, fixdef.scope)
+        kwargs[argname] = result
+
+    fixturefunc = resolve_fixture_function(fixturedef, request)
     my_cache_key = request.param_index
     try:
         result = call_fixture_func(fixturefunc, request, kwargs)
@@ -1016,13 +1027,7 @@ def yield_fixture(scope="function", params=None, autouse=False, ids=None, name=N
     .. deprecated:: 3.0
         Use :py:func:`pytest.fixture` directly instead.
     """
-    if callable(scope) and params is None and not autouse:
-        # direct decoration
-        return FixtureFunctionMarker("function", params, autouse, ids=ids, name=name)(
-            scope
-        )
-    else:
-        return FixtureFunctionMarker(scope, params, autouse, ids=ids, name=name)
+    return fixture(scope=scope, params=params, autouse=autouse, ids=ids, name=name)
 
 
 defaultfuncargprefixmarker = fixture()