diff --git a/addons/mail/mail_mail.py b/addons/mail/mail_mail.py
index 990830fab18..6f02c31ecf6 100644
--- a/addons/mail/mail_mail.py
+++ b/addons/mail/mail_mail.py
@@ -240,32 +240,6 @@ class mail_mail(osv.Model):
             return 'Re: %s' % (mail.record_name)
         return mail.subject
 
-    def send_get_mail_body_footer(self, cr, uid, mail, partner=None, context=None):
-        """ Return a specific footer for the ir_email body.  The main purpose of this method
-            is to be inherited by Portal, to add modify the link for signing in, in
-            each notification email a partner receives.
-        """
-        body_footer = ""
-        # partner is a user, link to a related document (incentive to install portal)
-        if partner and partner.user_ids and mail.model and mail.res_id \
-                and self.check_access_rights(cr, partner.user_ids[0].id, 'read', raise_exception=False):
-            related_user = partner.user_ids[0]
-            try:
-                self.pool[mail.model].check_access_rule(cr, related_user.id, [mail.res_id], 'read', context=context)
-                base_url = self.pool.get('ir.config_parameter').get_param(cr, uid, 'web.base.url')
-                # the parameters to encode for the query and fragment part of url
-                query = {'db': cr.dbname}
-                fragment = {
-                    'login': related_user.login,
-                    'model': mail.model,
-                    'id': mail.res_id,
-                }
-                url = urljoin(base_url, "?%s#%s" % (urlencode(query), urlencode(fragment)))
-                body_footer = _("""<small>Access this document <a style='color:inherit' href="%s">directly in OpenERP</a></small>""") % url
-            except except_orm, e:
-                pass
-        return body_footer
-
     def send_get_mail_body(self, cr, uid, mail, partner=None, context=None):
         """ Return a specific ir_email body. The main purpose of this method
             is to be inherited to add custom content depending on some module.
@@ -275,10 +249,6 @@ class mail_mail(osv.Model):
         """
         body = mail.body_html
 
-        # add footer
-        body_footer = self.send_get_mail_body_footer(cr, uid, mail, partner=partner, context=context)
-        body = tools.append_content_to_html(body, body_footer, plaintext=False, container_tag='div')
-
         # generate footer
         link = self._get_partner_access_link(cr, uid, mail, partner, context=context)
         if link:
diff --git a/addons/portal/mail_mail.py b/addons/portal/mail_mail.py
index 35658456c40..faaf21e5028 100644
--- a/addons/portal/mail_mail.py
+++ b/addons/portal/mail_mail.py
@@ -39,7 +39,3 @@ class mail_mail(osv.Model):
             return _("""<small>Access your messages and documents through <a style='color:inherit' href="%s">our Customer Portal</a></small>""") % partner.signup_url
         else:
             return super(mail_mail, self)._get_partner_access_link(cr, uid, mail, partner=partner, context=context)
-
-    def send_get_mail_body(self, cr, uid, mail, partner=None, context=None):
-        """ TODO: remove me in 8.0 """
-        return super(mail_mail, self).send_get_mail_body(cr, uid, mail, partner=partner, context=context)