diff --git a/odoo/tools/mail.py b/odoo/tools/mail.py
index 1a3e9d80b9f..fd40244500c 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/mail.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/mail.py
@@ -161,11 +161,6 @@ class _Cleaner(clean.Cleaner):
             else:
                 del el.attrib['style']
 
-    def allow_element(self, el):
-        if el.tag == 'object' and el.get('type') == "image/svg+xml":
-            return True
-        return super(_Cleaner, self).allow_element(el)
-
 
 def html_sanitize(src, silent=True, sanitize_tags=True, sanitize_attributes=False, sanitize_style=False, sanitize_form=True, strip_style=False, strip_classes=False):
     if not src: