diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_controller.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_controller.js
index 67cc6271509..5c6b7ea414d 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_controller.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_controller.js
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ var ListController = BasicController.extend({
                     label: _t('Delete'),
                     callback: this._onDeleteSelectedRecords.bind(this)
                 });
+            }
             this.sidebar = new Sidebar(this, {
                 editable: this.is_action_enabled('edit'),
                 env: {
@@ -157,7 +158,6 @@ var ListController = BasicController.extend({
                 },
                 actions: _.extend(this.toolbarActions, {other: other}),
             });
-            }
             this.sidebar.appendTo($node);
 
             this._toggleSidebar();
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_view.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_view.js
index 61612282bf5..b2295affb98 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_view.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_view.js
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ var ListView = BasicView.extend({
         this.controllerParams.editable = arch.attrs.editable;
         this.controllerParams.hasSidebar = params.sidebar;
         this.controllerParams.toolbarActions = viewInfo.toolbar;
-        this.controllerParams.activeActions.delete = true;
         this.controllerParams.noLeaf = !!this.loadParams.context.group_by_no_leaf;
         this.controllerParams.mode = mode;
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js
index fc05a1c92a4..6156a218744 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js
@@ -141,6 +141,27 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         list.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('list with delete="0"', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(4);
+
+        var list = createView({
+            View: ListView,
+            model: 'foo',
+            data: this.data,
+            viewOptions: {sidebar: true},
+            arch: '<tree delete="0"><field name="foo"/></tree>',
+        });
+
+        assert.ok(list.sidebar.$el.hasClass('o_hidden'), 'sidebar should be invisible');
+        assert.ok(list.$('tbody td.o_list_record_selector').length, "should have at least one record");
+
+        list.$('tbody td.o_list_record_selector:first input').click();
+        assert.ok(!list.sidebar.$el.hasClass('o_hidden'), 'sidebar should be visible');
+        assert.notOk(list.sidebar.$('a:contains(Delete)').length, 'sidebar should not have Delete button');
+
+        list.destroy();
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('simple editable rendering', function (assert) {
         assert.expect(12);