diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
index 8ac657f0..576057c6 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ end
 function pgfx_fillrange_series!(axis, series, series_func, i, fillrange, rng)
     fillrange_opt = PGFPlotsX.Options("line width" => "0", "draw opacity" => "0")
     fillrange_opt = merge(fillrange_opt, pgfx_fillstyle(series, i))
+    push!(fillrange_opt, "markers" => "none") # no markers on fillranges
     push!(fillrange_opt, "forget plot" => nothing)
     opt = series.plotattributes
     args = RecipesPipeline.is3d(series) ? (opt[:x][rng], opt[:y][rng], opt[:z][rng]) :