diff --git a/addons/im_livechat/static/src/js/im_livechat.js b/addons/im_livechat/static/src/js/im_livechat.js
index bc4dc4356cb..45b5b47c3d5 100644
--- a/addons/im_livechat/static/src/js/im_livechat.js
+++ b/addons/im_livechat/static/src/js/im_livechat.js
@@ -76,16 +76,17 @@ var LivechatButton = Widget.extend({
         return this._super();
     },
 
-    load_qweb_template: function () {
-        var xml_files = ['/mail/static/src/xml/chat_window.xml',
-                         '/mail/static/src/xml/thread.xml',
-                         '/im_livechat/static/src/xml/im_livechat.xml'];
-        var defs = _.map(xml_files, function (tmpl) {
-            return session.rpc('/web/proxy/load', {path: tmpl}).then(function (xml) {
-                QWeb.add_template(xml);
-            });
+    load_qweb_template: function(){
+        return $.when(
+            $.get('/mail/static/src/xml/chat_window.xml'),
+            $.get('/mail/static/src/xml/thread.xml'),
+            $.get('/im_livechat/static/src/xml/im_livechat.xml')
+        ).then(function (chat_window, mail_thread, livechat) {
+            // results are triplets of [dom: XMLDocument, status: String, xhr: jqXHR]
+            QWeb.add_template(chat_window[0]);
+            QWeb.add_template(mail_thread[0]);
+            QWeb.add_template(livechat[0]);
         });
-        return $.when.apply($, defs);
     },
 
     open_chat: function () {
diff --git a/addons/web/controllers/main.py b/addons/web/controllers/main.py
index 9b2a3243866..81212c0f013 100644
--- a/addons/web/controllers/main.py
+++ b/addons/web/controllers/main.py
@@ -601,22 +601,6 @@ class WebClient(http.Controller):
 
 class Proxy(http.Controller):
 
-    @http.route('/web/proxy/load', type='json', auth="none")
-    def load(self, path):
-        """ Proxies an HTTP request through a JSON request.
-
-        It is strongly recommended to not request binary files through this,
-        as the result will be a binary data blob as well.
-
-        :param path: actual request path
-        :return: file content
-        """
-        from werkzeug.test import Client
-        from werkzeug.wrappers import BaseResponse
-
-        base_url = request.httprequest.base_url
-        return Client(request.httprequest.app, BaseResponse).get(path, base_url=base_url).data
-
     @http.route('/web/proxy/post/<path:path>', type='http', auth='user', methods=['GET'])
     def post(self, path):
         """Effectively execute a POST request that was hooked through user login"""
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/framework/session.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/framework/session.js
index 7eae8b20a65..71819cc6b7a 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/framework/session.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/framework/session.js
@@ -236,14 +236,13 @@ var Session = core.Class.extend(mixins.EventDispatcherMixin, {
         return d;
     },
     load_qweb: function(mods) {
-        var self = this;
-        self.qweb_mutex.exec(function() {
-            return self.rpc('/web/proxy/load', {path: '/web/webclient/qweb?mods=' + mods}).then(function(xml) {
-                if (!xml) { return; }
-                qweb.add_template(_.str.trim(xml));
+        this.qweb_mutex.exec(function() {
+            return $.get('/web/webclient/qweb?mods=' + mods).then(function (doc) {
+                if (!doc) { return; }
+                qweb.add_template(doc);
             });
         });
-        return self.qweb_mutex.def;
+        return this.qweb_mutex.def;
     },
     on_modules_loaded: function() {
         var openerp = window.openerp;