diff --git a/core/modules/history/lib/Drupal/history/Plugin/views/field/HistoryUserTimestamp.php b/core/modules/history/lib/Drupal/history/Plugin/views/field/HistoryUserTimestamp.php
index f0a56a3..fbd6b0b 100644
--- a/core/modules/history/lib/Drupal/history/Plugin/views/field/HistoryUserTimestamp.php
+++ b/core/modules/history/lib/Drupal/history/Plugin/views/field/HistoryUserTimestamp.php
@@ -90,12 +90,7 @@ function render($values) {
       elseif ($last_comment > $last_read && $last_comment > HISTORY_READ_LIMIT) {
         $mark = MARK_UPDATED;
       }
-
-      $build = array(
-        '#type' => 'mark',
-        '#mark_type' => $mark,
-      );
-      return $this->render_link(drupal_render($build), $values);
+      return $this->render_link(theme('mark', array('mark_type' => $mark)), $values);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.admin.inc b/core/modules/node/node.admin.inc
index e75b066..227b284 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.admin.inc
@@ -537,16 +537,12 @@ function node_admin_nodes() {
   );
   foreach ($nodes as $node) {
     $l_options = $node->langcode != Language::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED && isset($languages[$node->langcode]) ? array('language' => $languages[$node->langcode]) : array();
-    $mark = array(
-      '#type' => 'mark',
-      '#mark_type' => node_mark($node->nid, $node->changed),
-    );
     $form['nodes'][$node->nid]['title'] = array(
       '#type' => 'link',
       '#title' => $node->label(),
       '#href' => 'node/' . $node->nid,
       '#options' => $l_options,
-      '#suffix' => ' ' . drupal_render($mark),
+      '#suffix' => ' ' . theme('mark', array('mark_type' => node_mark($node->nid, $node->changed))),
     );
     $form['nodes'][$node->nid]['type'] = array(
       '#markup' => check_plain(node_get_type_label($node)),
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.module b/core/modules/node/node.module
index 989faed..1d2de3d 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.module
@@ -1914,14 +1914,9 @@ function theme_node_recent_block($variables) {
 function theme_node_recent_content($variables) {
   $node = $variables['node'];
 
-  $mark = array(
-    '#type' => 'mark',
-    '#mark_type' => node_mark($node->nid, $node->changed),
-  );
-
   $output = '<div class="node-title">';
   $output .= l($node->label(), 'node/' . $node->nid);
-  $output .= drupal_render($mark);
+  $output .= theme('mark', array('mark_type' => node_mark($node->nid, $node->changed)));
   $output .= '</div><div class="node-author">';
   $output .= theme('username', array('account' => user_load($node->uid)));
   $output .= '</div>';
diff --git a/core/modules/tracker/tracker.pages.inc b/core/modules/tracker/tracker.pages.inc
index 5366470..93c39fb 100644
--- a/core/modules/tracker/tracker.pages.inc
+++ b/core/modules/tracker/tracker.pages.inc
@@ -73,14 +73,11 @@ function tracker_page($account = NULL, $set_title = FALSE) {
           $comments .= l(format_plural($new, '1 new', '@count new'), 'node/' . $node->nid, array('fragment' => 'new'));
         }
       }
-      $mark = array(
-        '#type' => 'mark',
-        '#mark_type' => node_mark($node->nid, $node->changed),
-      );
+
       $row = array(
         'type' => check_plain(node_get_type_label($node)),
         // Do not use $node->label(), because $node comes from the database.
-        'title' => array('data' => l($node->title, 'node/' . $node->nid) . ' ' . drupal_render($mark)),
+        'title' => array('data' => l($node->title, 'node/' . $node->nid) . ' ' . theme('mark', array('mark_type' => node_mark($node->nid, $node->changed)))),
         'author' => array('data' => theme('username', array('account' => $node))),
         'replies' => array('class' => array('replies'), 'data' => $comments),
         'last updated' => array('data' => t('!time ago', array('!time' => format_interval(REQUEST_TIME - $node->last_activity)))),