diff --git a/addons/web_diagram/controllers/main.py b/addons/web_diagram/controllers/main.py
index 6af1f91adc0..c598a7e4652 100644
--- a/addons/web_diagram/controllers/main.py
+++ b/addons/web_diagram/controllers/main.py
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@ import openerp
 class DiagramView(openerp.addons.web.controllers.main.View):
     _cp_path = "/web_diagram/diagram"
 
-    @openerp.addons.web.http.jsonrequest
-    def load(self, req, model, view_id):
-        fields_view = self.fields_view_get(req, model, view_id, 'diagram')
-        return {'fields_view': fields_view}
-
     @openerp.addons.web.http.jsonrequest
     def get_diagram_info(self, req, id, model, node, connector,
                          src_node, des_node, label, **kw):
diff --git a/addons/web_diagram/static/src/js/diagram.js b/addons/web_diagram/static/src/js/diagram.js
index 7b914922205..00b2cdfe0ae 100644
--- a/addons/web_diagram/static/src/js/diagram.js
+++ b/addons/web_diagram/static/src/js/diagram.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var QWeb = instance.web.qweb,
 instance.web.views.add('diagram', 'instance.web.DiagramView');
 instance.web.DiagramView = instance.web.View.extend({
     display_name: _lt('Diagram'),
+    view_type: 'diagram',
     searchable: false,
     init: function(parent, dataset, view_id, options) {
         var self = this;
@@ -24,12 +25,6 @@ instance.web.DiagramView = instance.web.View.extend({
         this.on('view_loaded', self, self.load_diagram);
         this.on('pager_action_executed', self, self.pager_action_trigger);
     },
-    start: function() {
-        var self = this;
-        return this.rpc("/web_diagram/diagram/load", {"model": this.model, "view_id": this.view_id}).done(function(r) {
-            self.load_diagram(r);
-        });
-    },
 
     toTitleCase: function(str) {
         return str.replace(/\w\S*/g, function(txt){return txt.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + txt.substr(1).toLowerCase();});
@@ -41,7 +36,7 @@ instance.web.DiagramView = instance.web.View.extend({
             this.id = this.ids[self.dataset.index || 0];
         }
 
-        this.fields_view = result.fields_view,
+        this.fields_view = result,
         this.view_id = this.fields_view.view_id,
         this.fields = this.fields_view.fields,
         this.nodes = this.fields_view.arch.children[0],