diff --git a/addons/hr/hr_view.xml b/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
index 966fe679b52..9cd16428b44 100644
--- a/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
+++ b/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
             groups="base.group_hr_manager,base.group_hr_user,base.group_user"
             icon="fa-user"
             sequence="90"/>
-        <menuitem id="menu_hr_reporting" parent="base.menu_reporting" name="Human Resources" sequence="60" 
+        <menuitem id="menu_hr_reporting" parent="base.menu_reporting" name="Human Resources" sequence="60"
         groups="base.group_hr_manager"/>
         <menuitem id="menu_hr_main" parent="menu_hr_root" name="Human Resources" sequence="0"/>
         <menuitem id="menu_hr_configuration" name="Configuration" parent="hr.menu_hr_root" groups="base.group_hr_user" sequence="50"/>
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
             </field>
         </record>
 
-        <record id="action2" model="ir.actions.act_window">
+        <record id="hr_employee_action_subordinate_hierachy" model="ir.actions.act_window">
             <field name="name">Subordinate Hierarchy</field>
             <field name="type">ir.actions.act_window</field>
             <field name="res_model">hr.employee</field>
@@ -269,15 +269,14 @@
             <field name="view_id" ref="view_partner_tree2"/>
         </record>
 
-        <ir_set>
-            <field eval="'action'" name="key"/>
-            <field eval="'client_action_multi'" name="key2"/>
-            <field eval="['hr.employee']" name="models"/>
+        <record id="hr_employee_action_subordinate_hierachy_mutli" model="ir.values">
             <field name="name">Subordinate Hierarchy</field>
-            <field eval="'ir.actions.act_window,'+str(action2)" name="value"/>
-            <field eval="True" name="isobject"/>
-            <field eval="True" name="replace"/>
-        </ir_set>
+            <field name="model_id" ref="base.model_res_partner"/>
+            <field name="value" eval="'ir.actions.act_window,' + str(ref('hr_employee_action_subordinate_hierachy'))"/>
+            <field name="key">action</field>
+            <field name="key2">client_action_multi</field>
+            <field name="model">hr.employee</field>
+        </record>
 
         <!-- Employee Category -->
        <record id="view_employee_category_form" model="ir.ui.view">
diff --git a/openerp/tools/convert.py b/openerp/tools/convert.py
index 7d94815be1d..ae14722292c 100644
--- a/openerp/tools/convert.py
+++ b/openerp/tools/convert.py
@@ -479,6 +479,11 @@ form: module.record_id""" % (xml_id,)
         # TODO add remove ir.model.data
 
     def _tag_ir_set(self, cr, rec, data_node=None, mode=None):
+        """
+            .. deprecated:: 9.0
+
+            Use the <record> notation with ``ir.values`` as model instead.
+        """
         if self.mode != 'init':
             return
         res = {}
@@ -851,7 +856,7 @@ form: module.record_id""" % (xml_id,)
             'template': self._tag_template,
             'workflow': self._tag_workflow,
             'report': self._tag_report,
-            'ir_set': self._tag_ir_set,
+            'ir_set': self._tag_ir_set, # deprecated:: 9.0
             'act_window': self._tag_act_window,
             'assert': self._tag_assert,
         }