diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index c6426095cb1..61cc19c3782 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -1490,10 +1490,19 @@ openerp.web.form.FieldID = openerp.web.form.FieldChar.extend({
 
 openerp.web.form.FieldEmail = openerp.web.form.FieldChar.extend({
     template: 'FieldEmail',
-    start: function() {
-        this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+    bind_events: function() {
+        this._super();
         this.$element.find('button').click(this.on_button_clicked);
     },
+    render_value: function() {
+        if (!this.get("effective_readonly")) {
+            this._super();
+        } else {
+            this.$element.find('a')
+                    .attr('href', 'mailto:' + this.value)
+                    .text(this.value);
+        }
+    },
     on_button_clicked: function() {
         if (!this.value || !this.is_valid()) {
             this.do_warn("E-mail error", "Can't send email to invalid e-mail address");
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_page.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_page.js
index c263582f94b..dd62cfb72e9 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_page.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_page.js
@@ -75,14 +75,8 @@ openerp.web.page = function (openerp) {
             return value;
         },
         set_value: function (value) {
-            this.$element.find('a')
-                    .attr('href', this.scheme + ':' + value)
-                    .text(this.format_value(value));
         }
     });
-    openerp.web.page.FieldEmailReadonly = openerp.web.page.FieldURIReadonly.extend({
-        scheme: 'mailto'
-    });
     openerp.web.page.FieldUrlReadonly = openerp.web.page.FieldURIReadonly.extend({
         set_value: function (value) {
             var s = /(\w+):(.+)/.exec(value);
@@ -175,7 +169,6 @@ openerp.web.page = function (openerp) {
     });
     openerp.web.page.readonly = openerp.web.form.widgets.extend({
         'frame': 'openerp.web.page.WidgetFrameReadonly',
-        'email': 'openerp.web.page.FieldEmailReadonly',
         'url': 'openerp.web.page.FieldUrlReadonly',
         'selection' : 'openerp.web.page.FieldSelectionReadonly',
         'reference': 'openerp.web.page.FieldReferenceReadonly',
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 8aa0241a5b5..4bfb18414ca 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -966,18 +966,25 @@
     </div>
 </t>
 <t t-name="FieldEmail">
-    <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="Send an e-mail with your default e-mail client">
-                <img t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/icons/terp-mail-message-new.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="Send an e-mail with your default e-mail client">
+                    <img t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/icons/terp-mail-message-new.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="FieldUrl">
     <table t-attf-class="oe_form_field_#{type}" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">