diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/legacy/js/views/basic/basic_view.js b/addons/web/static/src/legacy/js/views/basic/basic_view.js
index 5f078b1bb14..d9b48473a7e 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/legacy/js/views/basic/basic_view.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/legacy/js/views/basic/basic_view.js
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ var BasicView = AbstractView.extend({
         this.rendererParams.viewType = this.viewType;
 
         this.controllerParams.confirmOnDelete = true;
-        this.controllerParams.archiveEnabled = 'active' in this.fields || 'x_active' in this.fields;
+        this.controllerParams.archiveEnabled = 'active' in this.fields ? !this.fields.active.readonly
+                                             : 'x_active' in this.fields ? !this.fields.x_active.readonly
+                                             : false;
         this.controllerParams.hasButtons =
                 'action_buttons' in params ? params.action_buttons : true;
         this.controllerParams.viewId = viewInfo.view_id;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/legacy/views/list_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/legacy/views/list_tests.js
index 5f0d4b93415..91d621bd79e 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/legacy/views/list_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/legacy/views/list_tests.js
@@ -12736,6 +12736,30 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         list.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('archive/unarchive not available on active readonly models', async function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(2);
+
+        this.data.foo.fields.active = { string: 'Active', type: 'boolean', default: true, readonly: true };
+
+        const list = await createView({
+            View: ListView,
+            model: 'foo',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<tree limit="3"><field name="display_name"/></tree>',
+            viewOptions: {
+                hasActionMenus: true,
+            },
+        });
+
+        await testUtils.dom.click(list.$('tbody .o_data_row:first td.o_list_record_selector:first input'));
+        assert.containsOnce(list, '.o_cp_action_menus', 'sidebar should be available');
+
+        await testUtils.dom.click(list.$('.o_cp_action_menus .dropdown-toggle:contains(Action)'));
+        assert.containsNone(list, 'a:contains(Archive)', 'Archive action should not be available');
+
+        list.destroy();
+    });
+
 });
 
 });