diff --git a/addons/web/tests/test_js.py b/addons/web/tests/test_js.py
index 71e96c8b3b8..2547a82d978 100644
--- a/addons/web/tests/test_js.py
+++ b/addons/web/tests/test_js.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class WebSuite(odoo.tests.HttpCase):
     def _check_only_call(self, suite):
         # As we currently aren't in a request context, we can't render `web.layout`.
         # redefinied it as a minimal proxy template.
-        self.env.ref('web.layout').write({'arch_db': '<t t-name="web.layout"><t t-raw="head"/></t>'})
+        self.env.ref('web.layout').write({'arch_db': '<t t-name="web.layout"><head><meta charset="utf-8"/><t t-raw="head"/></head></t>'})
 
         for asset in self.env['ir.qweb']._get_asset_content(suite, options={})[0]:
             filename = asset['filename']
diff --git a/addons/web/views/webclient_templates.xml b/addons/web/views/webclient_templates.xml
index 6de09a8379b..56a57751e03 100644
--- a/addons/web/views/webclient_templates.xml
+++ b/addons/web/views/webclient_templates.xml
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@
             <head>
                 <meta charset="utf-8"/>
                 <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"/>
-                <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=no"/>
 
                 <title t-esc="title or 'Odoo'"/>
                 <link type="image/x-icon" rel="shortcut icon" t-att-href="x_icon or '/web/static/src/img/favicon.ico'"/>