diff --git a/addons/web/__init__.py b/addons/web/__init__.py
index b94c28cda7a..e01969ddcca 100644
--- a/addons/web/__init__.py
+++ b/addons/web/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import http
 import controllers
 import cli
-from . import ir_module
 
 wsgi_postload = http.wsgi_postload
diff --git a/addons/web/http.py b/addons/web/http.py
index 70df7b48051..508cd0451c5 100644
--- a/addons/web/http.py
+++ b/addons/web/http.py
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ class Root(object):
         self.addons = {}
         self.statics = {}
 
-        self._load_addons()
+        self.load_addons()
 
         # Setup http sessions
         path = session_path()
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ class Root(object):
         """
         return self.dispatch(environ, start_response)
 
-    def _dispatch(self, environ, start_response):
+    def dispatch(self, environ, start_response):
         """
         Performs the actual WSGI dispatching for the application, may be
         wrapped during the initialization of the object.
@@ -529,11 +529,9 @@ class Root(object):
 
         return response(environ, start_response)
 
-    def _load_addons(self):
-        """
-        Loads all addons at the specified addons path, returns a mapping of
-        static URLs to the corresponding directories
-        """
+    def load_addons(self):
+        """ Load all addons from addons patch containg static files and
+        controllers and configure them.  """
 
         for addons_path in openerp.modules.module.ad_paths:
             for module in os.listdir(addons_path):
@@ -559,7 +557,7 @@ class Root(object):
                 if hasattr(o, '_cp_path'):
                     controllers_path[o._cp_path] = o
 
-        app = werkzeug.wsgi.SharedDataMiddleware(self._dispatch, self.statics)
+        app = werkzeug.wsgi.SharedDataMiddleware(self.dispatch, self.statics)
         self.dispatch = DisableCacheMiddleware(app)
 
     def find_handler(self, *l):
diff --git a/addons/web/ir_module.py b/addons/web/ir_module.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c4588b19aa6..00000000000
--- a/addons/web/ir_module.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-from openerp.osv import osv
-import openerp.service.wsgi_server as oewsgi
-
-from .http import Root
-
-class ir_module(osv.Model):
-    _inherit = 'ir.module.module'
-
-    def update_list(self, cr, uid, context=None):
-        result = super(ir_module, self).update_list(cr, uid, context=context)
-
-        if tuple(result) != (0, 0):
-            for handler in oewsgi.module_handlers:
-                if isinstance(handler, Root):
-                    handler._load_addons()
-
-        return result
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
index b73fe577923..a2ff00c5f03 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ instance.web.EmbeddedClient = instance.web.Client.extend({
     _template: 'EmbedClient',
     init: function(parent, origin, dbname, login, key, action_id, options) {
         this._super(parent, origin);
-        this.bind(dbname, login, key);
+        this.bind_credentials(dbname, login, key);
         this.action_id = action_id;
         this.options = options || {};
     },
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ instance.web.EmbeddedClient = instance.web.Client.extend({
         return instance.session.session_authenticate(this.dbname, this.login, this.key, true);
     },
 
-    bind: function(dbname, login, key) {
+    bind_credentials: function(dbname, login, key) {
         this.dbname = dbname;
         this.login = login;
         this.key = key;