diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_renderer.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_renderer.js
index 76db6727285..2cbaf3a6374 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_renderer.js
@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@ var ListRenderer = BasicRenderer.extend({
             isPassword: 'password' in node.attrs,
         });
         this._handleAttributes($td, node);
-        return $td.html(formattedValue).attr('title', formattedValue);
+        var title = field.type !== 'boolean' ? formattedValue : '';
+        return $td.html(formattedValue).attr('title', title);
     },
     /**
      * Renders the button element associated to the given node and record.
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js
index be34bd19999..2336e9a4543 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js
@@ -249,6 +249,19 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         list.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('boolean field has no title', async function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(1);
+
+        var list = await createView({
+            View: ListView,
+            model: 'foo',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<tree><field name="bar"/></tree>',
+        });
+        assert.equal(list.$('tbody tr:first td:eq(1)').attr('title'), "");
+        list.destroy();
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('record-depending invisible lines are correctly aligned', async function (assert) {
         assert.expect(4);