diff --git a/addons/sale_stock/views/sale_order_views.xml b/addons/sale_stock/views/sale_order_views.xml
index c07975c1415..896797ad8f6 100644
--- a/addons/sale_stock/views/sale_order_views.xml
+++ b/addons/sale_stock/views/sale_order_views.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
                     <field name="picking_policy" required="True"/>
                 </xpath>
                 <xpath expr="//group[@name='sale_shipping']" position="inside">
-                    <field name="effective_date"/>
+                    <field name="effective_date" attrs="{'invisible': [('effective_date', '=', False)]}"/>
                 </xpath>
                 <xpath expr="//page/field[@name='order_line']/form/group/group/field[@name='price_unit']" position="before">
                     <field name="product_packaging" attrs="{'invisible': [('product_id', '=', False)]}" context="{'default_product_id': product_id, 'tree_view_ref':'product.product_packaging_tree_view', 'form_view_ref':'product.product_packaging_form_view'}" domain="[('product_id','=',product_id)]" groups="product.group_stock_packaging" />