diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js
index 059bc020682..bf423434ecc 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ openerp.web.ListView = openerp.web.View.extend( /** @lends openerp.web.ListView#
             self.compute_aggregates();
         });
 
+        this.no_leaf = false;
     },
     /**
      * Retrieves the view's number of records per page (|| section)
@@ -473,6 +474,7 @@ openerp.web.ListView = openerp.web.View.extend( /** @lends openerp.web.ListView#
         if (_.isEmpty(group_by) && !context['group_by_no_leaf']) {
             group_by = null;
         }
+        this.no_leaf = !!context['group_by_no_leaf'];
 
         this.reload_view(!!group_by, context).then(
             $.proxy(this, 'reload_content'));
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index a861c3c93f5..cf517fef490 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
             <th t-att-colspan="columns_count">
                 <table>
                     <tr>
-                        <td t-if="options.action_buttons !== false" class="oe-actions">
+                        <td t-if="!no_leaf and options.action_buttons !== false" class="oe-actions">
                             <button type="button" class="oe-list-add"
                                     t-if="options.addable">
                                 <t t-esc="options.addable"/>
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
         this.prepend($title);
     </t>
 </t>
-<th t-name="Listview.navigation.button" t-if="options.pager !== false"
+<th t-name="Listview.navigation.button" t-if="!no_leaf and options.pager !== false"
         class="oe-list-pager" t-att-colspan="columns_count">
     <button type="button" disabled="disabled"
             data-pager-action="first">First</button>