diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index 61cc19c3782..3406b812453 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -1514,10 +1514,22 @@ openerp.web.form.FieldEmail = openerp.web.form.FieldChar.extend({
 
 openerp.web.form.FieldUrl = openerp.web.form.FieldChar.extend({
     template: 'FieldUrl',
-    start: function() {
-        this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+    bind_events: function() {
+        this._super();
         this.$element.find('button').click(this.on_button_clicked);
     },
+    render_value: function() {
+        if (!this.get("effective_readonly")) {
+            this._super();
+        } else {
+            var tmp = this.value;
+            var s = /(\w+):(.+)/.exec(tmp);
+            if (!s) {
+                tmp = "http://" + this.value;
+            }
+            this.$element.find('a').attr('href', tmp).text(tmp);
+        }
+    },
     on_button_clicked: function() {
         if (!this.value) {
             this.do_warn("Resource error", "This resource is empty");
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_page.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_page.js
index dd62cfb72e9..98199798803 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_page.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_page.js
@@ -68,24 +68,6 @@ openerp.web.page = function (openerp) {
     /** @namespace */
     openerp.web.page = {};
 
-    openerp.web.page.FieldURIReadonly = openerp.web.form.FieldChar.extend({
-        form_template: 'FieldURI.readonly',
-        scheme: null,
-        format_value: function (value) {
-            return value;
-        },
-        set_value: function (value) {
-        }
-    });
-    openerp.web.page.FieldUrlReadonly = openerp.web.page.FieldURIReadonly.extend({
-        set_value: function (value) {
-            var s = /(\w+):(.+)/.exec(value);
-            if (!s) {
-                value = "http://" + value;
-            }
-            this.$element.find('a').attr('href', value).text(value);
-        }
-    });
     openerp.web.page.FieldBooleanReadonly = openerp.web.form.FieldBoolean.extend({
         update_dom: function() {
             this._super.apply(this, arguments);
@@ -168,8 +150,6 @@ openerp.web.page = function (openerp) {
         }
     });
     openerp.web.page.readonly = openerp.web.form.widgets.extend({
-        'frame': 'openerp.web.page.WidgetFrameReadonly',
-        'url': 'openerp.web.page.FieldUrlReadonly',
         'selection' : 'openerp.web.page.FieldSelectionReadonly',
         'reference': 'openerp.web.page.FieldReferenceReadonly',
         'boolean': 'openerp.web.page.FieldBooleanReadonly',
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 4bfb18414ca..05feec79168 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -987,18 +987,25 @@
     </t>
 </t>
 <t t-name="FieldUrl">
-    <table t-attf-class="oe_form_field_#{type}" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
-    <tr>
-        <td width="100%">
-            <t t-call="FieldChar"/>
-        </td>
-        <td width="16">
-            <button class="oe_button oe_field_button" type="button" title="Open this resource">
-                <img t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/icons/gtk-ok.png"'/>
-            </button>
-        </td>
-    </tr>
-    </table>
+    <t t-if="!widget.get('effective_readonly')">
+        <table t-attf-class="oe_form_field_#{type}" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
+        <tr>
+            <td width="100%">
+                <t t-call="FieldChar"/>
+            </td>
+            <td width="16">
+                <button class="oe_button oe_field_button" type="button" title="Open this resource">
+                    <img t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/icons/gtk-ok.png"'/>
+                </button>
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+        </table>
+    </t>
+    <t t-if="widget.get('effective_readonly')">
+        <div>
+            <a href="#" class="oe_form_uri"/>
+        </div>
+    </t>
 </t>
 <t t-name="FieldText">
     <div t-attf-class="oe_form_field_#{type}">