diff --git a/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb2.js b/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb2.js
index 7d58b2492f7..076a658dce9 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb2.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb2.js
@@ -276,10 +276,6 @@ QWeb2.Engine = (function() {
                         if (xDoc.documentElement.nodeName == "parsererror") {
                             return this.tools.exception(xDoc.documentElement.childNodes[0].nodeValue);
                         }
-                        if (xDoc.xml !== undefined) {
-                            // MSIE
-                            return this.convert_xml_to_html(xDoc.documentElement);
-                        }
                         return xDoc;
                     } else {
                         return this.load_xml_string(req.responseText);
@@ -307,25 +303,7 @@ QWeb2.Engine = (function() {
             xDoc.async = false;
             xDoc.preserveWhiteSpace = true;
             xDoc.loadXML(s);
-            return this.convert_xml_to_html(xDoc.documentElement);
-        },
-        convert_xml_to_html: function (node) {
-            switch (node.nodeType) {
-            case 3:
-            case 4:
-                return document.createTextNode(node.data);
-            case 8: return document.createComment(node.data);
-            }
-
-            var hnode = document.createElement(node.nodeName);
-            for(var i=0, alen=node.attributes.length; i < alen; ++i) {
-                var attr = node.attributes[i];
-                hnode.setAttribute(attr.name, attr.value);
-            }
-            for(var j=0, clen=node.childNodes.length; j < clen; ++j) {
-                hnode.appendChild(this.convert_xml_to_html(node.childNodes[j]));
-            }
-            return hnode;
+            return xDoc;
         },
         has_template : function(template) {
             return !!this.templates[template];
@@ -431,15 +409,15 @@ QWeb2.Engine = (function() {
                             this.tools.exception(error_msg + "Invalid operation : '" + operation + "'");
                         }
                         operation = {'replace' : 'replaceWith', 'inner' : 'html'}[operation] || operation;
-                        target[operation](this.jQuery(inner));
+                        target[operation](child.cloneNode(true));
                     } else {
                         try {
-                            var f = new Function(['$'], inner);
+                            var f = new Function(['$', 'document'], inner);
                         } catch(error) {
                             return this.tools.exception("Parse " + error_msg + error);
                         }
                         try {
-                            f.apply(target, [this.jQuery]);
+                            f.apply(target, [this.jQuery, template_dest.ownerDocument]);
                         } catch(error) {
                             return this.tools.exception("Runtime " + error_msg + error);
                         }
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 550f930e3d1..8a8e39e0b7e 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -680,10 +680,9 @@
 
     <t t-jquery="td.oe-actions">
         this.removeAttr('t-if');
-        var $title = $(document.createElement('h3')).addClass('oe_view_title');
-        $title.append($(document.createElement('t')).attr(
-            't-esc', 'fields_view.arch.attrs.string'));
-        this.prepend($title);
+    </t>
+    <t t-jquery="td.oe-actions" t-operation="prepend">
+        <h3 class="oe_view_title"><t t-esc="fields_view.arch.attrs.string"/></h3>
     </t>
 </t>
 <th t-name="Listview.navigation.button" t-if="!no_leaf and options.pager !== false"