diff --git a/addons/web/controllers/main.py b/addons/web/controllers/main.py
index 41725cecdba..7d9f79dcbb9 100644
--- a/addons/web/controllers/main.py
+++ b/addons/web/controllers/main.py
@@ -1839,28 +1839,6 @@ class ExcelExport(ExportFormat, http.Controller):
 
         return xlsx_writer.value
 
-class Apps(http.Controller):
-    @http.route('/apps/<app>', auth='user')
-    def get_app_url(self, req, app):
-        try:
-            record = request.env.ref('base.open_module_tree')
-            action = record.read(['name', 'type', 'res_model', 'view_mode', 'view_type', 'context', 'views', 'domain'])[0]
-            action['target'] = 'current'
-        except ValueError:
-            action = False
-        try:
-            app_id = request.env.ref('base.module_%s' % app).id
-        except ValueError:
-            app_id = False
-
-        if action and app_id:
-            action['res_id'] = app_id
-            action['view_mode'] = 'form'
-            action['views'] = [(False, u'form')]
-
-        sakey = Session().save_session_action(action)
-        return werkzeug.utils.redirect('/web#sa={0}'.format(sakey))
-
 
 class ReportController(http.Controller):
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager_act_window.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager_act_window.js
index 8034a8e54b8..5f3368038f2 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager_act_window.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager_act_window.js
@@ -58,11 +58,8 @@ ActionManager.include({
      * @param {string} [state.view_type]
      */
     loadState: function (state) {
-        var callersArguments = arguments;
         var _super = this._super.bind(this);
-        var self = this;
         var action;
-        var def;
         var options = {
             clear_breadcrumbs: true,
             pushState: false,
@@ -117,20 +114,12 @@ ActionManager.include({
                 action = lastAction;
                 options.viewType = state.view_type;
             }
-        } else if (state.sa) {
-            def = this._rpc({
-                route: '/web/session/get_session_action',
-                params: {key: state.sa},
-            }).then(function (sessionAction) {
-                action = sessionAction;
-            });
         }
-        return Promise.all([def]).then(function () {
-            if (action) {
-                return self.doAction(action, options);
-            }
-            return _super.apply(self, callersArguments);
-        });
+        if (action) {
+            return this.doAction(action, options);
+        }
+        return _super.apply(this, arguments);
+
     },
 
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/chrome/action_manager_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/chrome/action_manager_tests.js
index b878e642b4f..e4e8458a9e7 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/chrome/action_manager_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/chrome/action_manager_tests.js
@@ -1275,30 +1275,6 @@ QUnit.module('ActionManager', {
         actionManager.destroy();
     });
 
-    QUnit.test('state.sa should load action from session', async function (assert) {
-        assert.expect(1);
-
-        var actionManager = await createActionManager({
-            actions: this.actions,
-            archs: this.archs,
-            data: this.data,
-            mockRPC: function (route, args) {
-                if (route === '/web/session/get_session_action') {
-                    return Promise.resolve(1);
-                }
-                return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-            },
-        });
-        await actionManager.loadState({
-            sa: 1,
-        });
-
-        assert.strictEqual(actionManager.$('.o_kanban_view').length, 1,
-            "should have rendered a kanban view");
-
-        actionManager.destroy();
-    });
-
     QUnit.module('Concurrency management');
 
     QUnit.test('drop previous actions if possible', async function (assert) {