diff --git a/bin/addons/base/base_data.xml b/bin/addons/base/base_data.xml
index e41fccfe682..4777b7ea4f0 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/base_data.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/base_data.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
             <field name="view_id" ref="view_menu"/>
             <field name="res_model">ir.ui.menu</field>
             <field name="view_type">tree</field>
-            <field eval="'[(\'parent_id\',\'=\',False)]'" name="domain"/>
+            <field name="domain">[('parent_id', '=', False)]</field>
         </record>
 
         <record id="lang_en" model="res.lang">