diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
index 6f4fcde3e95..3ee93c21b16 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
@@ -1893,6 +1893,9 @@
 .openerp .oe_form .oe_form_group_cell .oe_kanban_view {
   position: static;
 }
+.openerp .oe_form .oe_form_readonly .oe_form_field:empty {
+  display: none;
+}
 .openerp .oe_form .oe_form_button.oe_button {
   height: 22px;
   white-space: nowrap;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
index 4283a9633b3..1d1dabe3c6d 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.sass
@@ -1520,6 +1520,9 @@ $colour4: #8a89ba
         .oe_form_group_cell .oe_kanban_view
             // Hack due to absolute positioning of kanban view messing with o2m
             position: static
+
+        .oe_form_readonly .oe_form_field:empty
+            display: none
     // }}}
     // FormView.buttons {{{
     .oe_form
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index 6bc708527af..be78ce8f006 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ instance.web.form.FormRenderingEngine = instance.web.form.FormRenderingEngineInt
         this.process($new_sheet);
     },
     process_form: function($form) {
-        if ($form.find('> sheet').length == 0) {
+        if ($form.find('> sheet').length === 0) {
             $form.addClass('oe_form_nosheet');
         }
         var $new_form = this.render_element('FormRenderingForm', $form.getAttributes());