diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/discuss_app/discuss.js b/addons/mail/static/src/discuss_app/discuss.js
index b0689a76d09..d954208e920 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/discuss_app/discuss.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/discuss_app/discuss.js
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ export class Discuss extends Component {
         FileUploader,
         ImStatus,
     };
-    static props = {
-        public: { type: Boolean, optional: true },
-    };
+    static props = {};
     static template = "mail.Discuss";
 
     setup() {
@@ -98,7 +96,7 @@ export class Discuss extends Component {
     }
 
     get channelAvatar() {
-        return this.props.public
+        return this.store.inPublicPage
             ? url(
                   `/discuss/channel/${this.thread.id}/avatar_128?unique=${this.thread?.avatarCacheKey}`
               )
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/discuss_app/discuss.xml b/addons/mail/static/src/discuss_app/discuss.xml
index e5c1fffbf46..61207158bac 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/discuss_app/discuss.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/discuss_app/discuss.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <templates xml:space="preserve">
 
 <t t-name="mail.Discuss" owl="1">
-    <div class="o-mail-Discuss d-flex h-100 flex-grow-1 border-top" t-att-class="{ 'flex-column align-items-center bg-view': ui.isSmall }" t-ref="root">
+    <div class="o-mail-Discuss d-flex h-100 flex-grow-1 border-top" t-att-class="{ 'border-top': !store.inPublicPage, 'flex-column align-items-center bg-view': ui.isSmall }" t-ref="root">
         <div t-if="ui.isSmall and store.discuss.activeTab === 'mailbox'" class="w-100 border-bottom" t-call="mail.Discuss.mobileTopbar" t-ref="mobileTopbar"/>
-        <div t-if="thread and !(ui.isSmall and ['chat', 'channel'].includes(store.discuss.activeTab))" class="o-mail-Discuss-content d-flex flex-column h-100 w-100 bg-view overflow-auto" t-ref="content">
+        <div t-if="thread and (store.inPublicPage or !(ui.isSmall and ['chat', 'channel'].includes(store.discuss.activeTab)))" class="o-mail-Discuss-content d-flex flex-column h-100 w-100 bg-view overflow-auto" t-ref="content">
             <div class="o-mail-Discuss-header px-3 bg-view border-bottom d-flex flex-shrink-0 align-items-center">
                 <div t-if="thread and ['channel', 'group', 'chat'].includes(thread.type)" class="o-mail-Discuss-threadAvatar position-relative align-self-center align-items-center mt-2 mb-2 me-2">
                     <img class="rounded" t-att-src="channelAvatar" alt="Thread Image"/>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
                     <button t-if="thread.allowCalls and thread.type !== 'mailbox' and thread !== rtc.state.channel" class="btn rounded px-2 shadow-none" title="Start a Call" t-on-click="() => this.rtc.toggleCall(this.thread)" t-ref="startCall">
                         <i class="fa fa-lg fa-phone text-700"/>
                     </button>
-                    <div t-if="props.public and !ui.isSmall" class="d-flex align-items-center">
+                    <div t-if="store.inPublicPage and !ui.isSmall" class="d-flex align-items-center">
                         <img class="o-mail-Discuss-selfAvatar mx-1 rounded-circle o_object_fit_cover flex-shrink-0" alt="Avatar" t-att-src="threadService.avatarUrl(store.self, thread)"/>
                         <div class="lead fw-bold flex-shrink-1 text-dark">
                             <t t-if="store.user" t-esc="store.user.name"/>
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/public/discuss_public.xml b/addons/mail/static/src/public/discuss_public.xml
index 8d9d1194979..1eec545e57b 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/public/discuss_public.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/public/discuss_public.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <t t-name="mail.DiscussPublic" owl="1">
     <div class="o-mail-DiscussPublic d-flex h-100 w-100 position-absolute">
         <WelcomePage t-if="state.welcome" data="props.data" proceed="() => state.welcome = false"/>
-        <Discuss t-else="" public="true"/>
+        <Discuss t-else=""/>
     </div>
 </t>