diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index 85c7171b1ac..fe8448f4dcc 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -1335,10 +1335,6 @@ openerp.web.form.WidgetLabel = openerp.web.form.Widget.extend({
     }
 });
 
-openerp.web.form.WidgetImage = openerp.web.form.Widget.extend({
-    template: 'WidgetImage',
-});
-
 openerp.web.form.Field = openerp.web.form.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.form.Field# */{
     /**
      * @constructs openerp.web.form.Field
@@ -3432,7 +3428,6 @@ openerp.web.form.widgets = new openerp.web.Registry({
     'separator' : 'openerp.web.form.WidgetSeparator',
     'label' : 'openerp.web.form.WidgetLabel',
     'button' : 'openerp.web.form.WidgetButton',
-    'image': 'openerp.web.form.WidgetImage',
     'char' : 'openerp.web.form.FieldChar',
     'id' : 'openerp.web.form.FieldID',
     'email' : 'openerp.web.form.FieldEmail',
@@ -3451,6 +3446,7 @@ openerp.web.form.widgets = new openerp.web.Registry({
     'integer': 'openerp.web.form.FieldFloat',
     'float_time': 'openerp.web.form.FieldFloat',
     'progressbar': 'openerp.web.form.FieldProgressBar',
+    'image': 'openerp.web.form.FieldBinaryImage',
     'binary': 'openerp.web.form.FieldBinaryFile',
     'statusbar': 'openerp.web.form.FieldStatus',
     'html': 'openerp.web.form.WidgetHtml'
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 2b6280f2d89..35d2a02cb0b 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -988,9 +988,6 @@
         </li>
     </ul>
 </t>
-<t t-name="WidgetImage">
-    <img t-attf-src="#{_s}/web/static/src/img/icons/#{widget.node.attrs.name}.png" t-attf-onerror="this.src='#{_s}/web/static/src/img/placeholder.png'; return void(0);"/>
-</t>
 <t t-name="WidgetParagraph">
     <p t-attf-class="oe_form_paragraph oe_align_#{widget.align} #{widget.multilines ? 'oe_multilines' : ''}"><t t-esc="widget.string"/></p>
 </t>