diff --git a/addons/portal/data/portal_data.xml b/addons/portal/data/portal_data.xml
index ffe12934227..6539d154080 100644
--- a/addons/portal/data/portal_data.xml
+++ b/addons/portal/data/portal_data.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     Dear ${object.user_id.name or ''},
 </p>
 <p>
-    You have been given access to ${user.company_id.name}'s ${object.wizard_id.portal_id.name}.
+    You have been given access to ${user.company_id.name}'s portal.
 </p>
 <p>
     Your login account data is:
diff --git a/addons/portal/wizard/portal_wizard.py b/addons/portal/wizard/portal_wizard.py
index 0c8206c86f6..c96eb169915 100644
--- a/addons/portal/wizard/portal_wizard.py
+++ b/addons/portal/wizard/portal_wizard.py
@@ -29,16 +29,7 @@ class PortalWizard(models.TransientModel):
     _name = 'portal.wizard'
     _description = 'Portal Access Management'
 
-    def _default_portal(self):
-        return self.env['res.groups'].search([('is_portal', '=', True)], limit=1)
-
-    portal_id = fields.Many2one('res.groups', domain=[('is_portal', '=', True)], required=True, string='Portal',
-        default=_default_portal, help="The portal that users can be added in or removed from.")
-    user_ids = fields.One2many('portal.wizard.user', 'wizard_id', string='Users')
-    welcome_message = fields.Text('Invitation Message', help="This text is included in the email sent to new users of the portal.")
-
-    @api.onchange('portal_id')
-    def onchange_portal_id(self):
+    def _default_user_ids(self):
         # for each partner, determine corresponding portal.wizard.user records
         partner_ids = self.env.context.get('active_ids', [])
         contact_ids = set()
@@ -51,13 +42,16 @@ class PortalWizard(models.TransientModel):
                     contact_ids.add(contact.id)
                     in_portal = False
                     if contact.user_ids:
-                        in_portal = self.portal_id in contact.user_ids[0].groups_id
+                        in_portal = self.env.ref('base.group_portal') in contact.user_ids[0].groups_id
                     user_changes.append((0, 0, {
                         'partner_id': contact.id,
                         'email': contact.email,
                         'in_portal': in_portal,
                     }))
-        self.user_ids = user_changes
+        return user_changes
+
+    user_ids = fields.One2many('portal.wizard.user', 'wizard_id', string='Users',default=_default_user_ids)
+    welcome_message = fields.Text('Invitation Message', help="This text is included in the email sent to new users of the portal.")
 
     @api.multi
     def action_apply(self):
@@ -125,9 +119,9 @@ class PortalWizardUser(models.TransientModel):
             raise UserError("\n\n".join(error_msg))
 
         for wizard_user in self.sudo().with_context(active_test=False):
-            group_portal = wizard_user.wizard_id.portal_id
-            if not group_portal.is_portal:
-                raise UserError(_('Group %s is not a portal') % group_portal.name)
+
+            group_portal = self.env.ref('base.group_portal')
+            #Checking if the partner has a linked user
             user = wizard_user.partner_id.user_ids[0] if wizard_user.partner_id.user_ids else None
             # update partner email, if a new one was introduced
             if wizard_user.partner_id.email != wizard_user.email:
diff --git a/addons/portal/wizard/portal_wizard_views.xml b/addons/portal/wizard/portal_wizard_views.xml
index 909b822cf8d..5a234ea68ec 100644
--- a/addons/portal/wizard/portal_wizard_views.xml
+++ b/addons/portal/wizard/portal_wizard_views.xml
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
             <field name="model">portal.wizard</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <form string="Portal Access Management">
-                    <group>
-                        <field name="portal_id" widget="selection"/>
-                    </group>
                     <div>
                         Select which contacts should belong to the portal in the list below.
                         The email address of each selected contact must be valid and unique.
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/models/res_users.py b/odoo/addons/base/models/res_users.py
index 2915d9a0086..12e04b119e9 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/models/res_users.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/models/res_users.py
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ class Groups(models.Model):
     color = fields.Integer(string='Color Index')
     full_name = fields.Char(compute='_compute_full_name', string='Group Name', search='_search_full_name')
     share = fields.Boolean(string='Share Group', help="Group created to set access rights for sharing data with some users.")
-    is_portal = fields.Boolean('Portal', help="If checked, this group is usable as a portal.")
 
     _sql_constraints = [
         ('name_uniq', 'unique (category_id, name)', 'The name of the group must be unique within an application!')
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/security/base_groups.xml b/odoo/addons/base/security/base_groups.xml
index 88c0be2729a..4e02e99ed2a 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/security/base_groups.xml
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/security/base_groups.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
             <field name="name">Portal</field>
             <field name="comment">Portal members have specific access rights (such as record rules and restricted menus).
                 They usually do not belong to the usual Odoo groups.</field>
-            <field name="is_portal" eval="True"/>
         </record>
         <!--
             A group dedicated to the public user only, making groups
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/views/res_users_views.xml b/odoo/addons/base/views/res_users_views.xml
index 785c09bf55b..99fcbdb2557 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/views/res_users_views.xml
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/views/res_users_views.xml
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <search string="Groups">
                     <field name="name" filter_domain="['|', ('name','ilike',self), ('category_id','ilike',self)]" string="Group"/>
-                    <filter name="portal" string="Portal Groups" domain="[('is_portal','=',True)]"/>
-                    <filter name="no_portal" string="Non-Portal Groups" domain="[('is_portal','=',False)]"/>
                     <separator orientation="vertical"/>
                     <field name="share"/>
                     <filter name="no_share" string="Internal Groups" domain="[('share','=',False)]"/>
@@ -59,7 +57,6 @@
                     <group col="4">
                         <field name="category_id"/>
                         <field name="name"/>
-                        <field name="is_portal"/>
                         <field name="share"/>
                     </group>
                     <notebook>