diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
index 8d27a2af6ba..e34776896d8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
@@ -962,11 +962,14 @@ openerp.web.search.DateField = openerp.web.search.Field.extend(/** @lends opener
     template: "SearchView.date",
     start: function () {
         this._super();
+        // FIXME: this insanity puts a div inside a span
         this.datewidget = new openerp.web.DateWidget(this);
         this.datewidget.prependTo(this.$element);
-        this.datewidget.$element.find("input").attr("size", 15);
-        this.datewidget.$element.find("input").attr("autofocus",
-            this.attrs.default_focus === '1' ? 'autofocus' : undefined);
+        this.datewidget.$element.find("input")
+            .attr("size", 15)
+            .attr("autofocus", this.attrs.default_focus === '1' ?
+                                   'autofocus' : undefined)
+            .removeAttr('style');
         this.datewidget.set_value(this.defaults[this.attrs.name] || false);
     },
     get_value: function () {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index c9ca601707f..ed26c215c13 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@
         <span t-if="attrs.help">?</span>
     </label>
     <div t-att-style="style">
-        <span t-att-id="element_id"></span>
+        <span t-att-id="element_id"/>
         <t t-if="filters.length" t-raw="filters.render(defaults)"/>
     </div>
 </t>