diff --git a/addons/base_export/controllers/main.py b/addons/base_export/controllers/main.py
index e3b7de03413..bb633852192 100644
--- a/addons/base_export/controllers/main.py
+++ b/addons/base_export/controllers/main.py
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@ class Export(View):
 
             id = prefix + (prefix and '/'or '') + key
             nm = name + (name and '/' or '') + value['string']
-            levels = nm.split('/')
-            levels > 1 and levels.remove(levels[0]) or []
             record.update(id=id, string= nm, action='javascript: void(0)',
-                          target=None, icon=None, children=[], level = levels)
+                          target=None, icon=None, children=[])
             records.append(record)
 
             if value.get('relation', False):
diff --git a/addons/base_export/static/src/xml/base_export.xml b/addons/base_export/static/src/xml/base_export.xml
index 21eeccfe52c..b8fff4e6064 100644
--- a/addons/base_export/static/src/xml/base_export.xml
+++ b/addons/base_export/static/src/xml/base_export.xml
@@ -89,12 +89,16 @@
                 <td>
                     <table width="100%" border="0">
                         <tr class="row">
-                            <t t-foreach="field.level" t-as="level" >
-                                <td width="18">&amp;nbsp;</td>
+                            <t t-foreach="(field.id).split('/')" t-as="level" >
+                                <t t-if="(field.id).split('/')[0] != level">
+                                    <td width="18">&amp;nbsp;</td>
+                                </t>
                             </t>
                             <td valign="top" align="left" style="cursor: pointer;" width="18">
                                 <t t-if="(field.children).length >= 1">
-                                    <img t-att-id="'parentimg-' + field.id" src="/base/static/src/img/expand.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0"/>
+                                    <t t-if="(field.id).split('/').length != 3">
+                                        <img t-att-id="'parentimg-' + field.id" src="/base/static/src/img/expand.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0"/>
+                                    </t>
                                 </t>
                             </td>
                             <td valign="top" align="left" style="cursor: pointer;">