diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir.xml b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
index 868e405e93c..c537d265dd2 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
@@ -535,7 +535,6 @@
                         <field name="type" readonly="1"/>
                         <field name="src_model" select="2"/>
                         <field name="usage"/>
-                        <field name="menus"/>
                     </group>
                     <notebook colspan="4">
                         <page string="General Settings">
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
index ea3b21807fe..7b1cb937c3d 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ class act_window(osv.osv):
         'filter': fields.boolean('Filter'),
         'auto_search':fields.boolean('Auto Search'),
         'search_view' : fields.function(_search_view, type='text', method=True, string='Search View'),
-        'menus': fields.char('Menus', size=4096),
         'help': fields.text('Action description',
             help='Optional help text for the users with a description of the target view, such as its usage and purpose.',
             translate=True),
diff --git a/openerp/osv/orm.py b/openerp/osv/orm.py
index c93467c6052..d4a5d808990 100644
--- a/openerp/osv/orm.py
+++ b/openerp/osv/orm.py
@@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@ class orm_template(object):
         :param view_type: type of the view to return if view_id is None ('form', tree', ...)
         :param context: context arguments, like lang, time zone
         :param toolbar: true to include contextual actions
-        :param submenu: example (portal_project module)
+        :param submenu: deprecated
         :return: dictionary describing the composition of the requested view (including inherited views and extensions)
         :raise AttributeError:
                             * if the inherited view has unknown position to work with other than 'before', 'after', 'inside', 'replace'
@@ -1999,14 +1999,6 @@ class orm_template(object):
         result['arch'] = xarch
         result['fields'] = xfields
 
-        if submenu:
-            if context and context.get('active_id', False):
-                data_menu = self.pool.get('ir.ui.menu').browse(cr, user, context['active_id'], context).action
-                if data_menu:
-                    act_id = data_menu.id
-                    if act_id:
-                        data_action = self.pool.get('ir.actions.act_window').browse(cr, user, [act_id], context)[0]
-                        result['submenu'] = getattr(data_action, 'menus', False)
         if toolbar:
             def clean(x):
                 x = x[2]