diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/widgets/colorpicker.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/widgets/colorpicker.js
index 8c3556df60f..9ca04ea48d0 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/widgets/colorpicker.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/widgets/colorpicker.js
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ var ColorpickerWidget = Widget.extend({
     init: function (parent, options) {
         this._super(...arguments);
         options = options || {};
-        this.trigger_up('getRecordInfo', {
-            recordInfo: options,
-            callback: function (recordInfo) {
-                _.defaults(options, recordInfo);
-            },
-        });
 
         this.pickerFlag = false;
         this.sliderFlag = false;
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
index cb02079a93c..4795ce409a7 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
@@ -1019,12 +1019,6 @@ var SnippetsMenu = Widget.extend({
     init: function (parent, options) {
         this._super.apply(this, arguments);
         options = options || {};
-        this.trigger_up('getRecordInfo', {
-            recordInfo: options,
-            callback: function (recordInfo) {
-                _.defaults(options, recordInfo);
-            },
-        });
 
         this.options = options;
         if (!this.options.snippets) {
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
index 0fcdd034e4d..8d62438bbbb 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
@@ -4547,11 +4547,6 @@ registry.many2one = SnippetOptionWidget.extend({
      */
     start: function () {
         var self = this;
-        this.trigger_up('getRecordInfo', _.extend(this.options, {
-            callback: function (recordInfo) {
-                _.defaults(self.options, recordInfo);
-            },
-        }));
 
         this.Model = this.$target.data('oe-many2one-model');
         this.ID = +this.$target.data('oe-many2one-id');
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/alt_dialog.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/alt_dialog.js
index 80f143b646c..3668636c33a 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/alt_dialog.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/alt_dialog.js
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@ var AltDialog = Dialog.extend({
             title: _t("Change media description and tooltip")
         }, options));
 
-        this.trigger_up('getRecordInfo', {
-            recordInfo: options,
-            callback: function (recordInfo) {
-                _.defaults(options, recordInfo);
-            },
-        });
-
         this.media = media;
         var allEscQuots = /"/g;
         this.alt = ($(this.media).attr('alt') || "").replace(allEscQuots, '"');
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_dialog.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_dialog.js
index 53e0d725bd2..e7fd83b0044 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_dialog.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_dialog.js
@@ -43,13 +43,6 @@ var LinkDialog = Dialog.extend({
             // all btn-* classes anyway.
         ];
 
-        this.trigger_up('getRecordInfo', {
-            recordInfo: this.options,
-            callback: function (recordInfo) {
-                _.defaults(self.options, recordInfo);
-            },
-        });
-
         // data is used in the dialog template.
         this.props = options.props || {};
 
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/media_dialog.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/media_dialog.js
index 22815a8f641..c291611a9ee 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/media_dialog.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/media_dialog.js
@@ -52,14 +52,6 @@ var MediaDialog = Dialog.extend({
             save_text: _t("Add"),
         }, options));
 
-        this.trigger_up('getRecordInfo', {
-            recordInfo: options,
-            type: 'media',
-            callback: function (recordInfo) {
-                _.defaults(options, recordInfo);
-            },
-        });
-
         if (!options.noImages) {
             this.imageWidget = new MediaModules.ImageWidget(this, media, options);
         }
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
index 586a26b8478..b7e9cc03c49 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ var Wysiwyg = Widget.extend({
      * @options {integer} [options.recordInfo.res_id]
      * @options {String} [options.recordInfo.data_res_model]
      * @options {integer} [options.recordInfo.data_res_id]
-     *   @see _onGetRecordInfo
      *   @see _getAttachmentsDomain in /wysiwyg/widgets/media.js
      * @options {Object} options.attachments
-     *   @see _onGetRecordInfo
      *   @see _getAttachmentsDomain in /wysiwyg/widgets/media.js (for attachmentIDs)
      * @options {function} options.generateOptions
      *   called with the summernote configuration object used before sending to summernote