diff --git a/addons/email_template/__openerp__.py b/addons/email_template/__openerp__.py
index fb89261f516..15ccec71ab7 100644
--- a/addons/email_template/__openerp__.py
+++ b/addons/email_template/__openerp__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     """,
     "init_xml": [],
     "update_xml": [
-        'security/email_template_security.xml',
         'wizard/email_template_preview_view.xml',
         'email_template_view.xml',
         'wizard/email_template_send_wizard_view.xml',
diff --git a/addons/email_template/security/email_template_security.xml b/addons/email_template/security/email_template_security.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e16293f435d..00000000000
--- a/addons/email_template/security/email_template_security.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<openerp>
-    <data noupdate="0">
-        <record id="base.res_groups_email_template_admin" model="res.groups">
-            <field name="name">Marketing / User</field>
-        </record>
-
-    </data>
-</openerp>