diff --git a/addons/website_sale/models/product.py b/addons/website_sale/models/product.py
index 3e166b2382a..175143af2c7 100644
--- a/addons/website_sale/models/product.py
+++ b/addons/website_sale/models/product.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class ProductPricelist(models.Model):
 
 class ProductPublicCategory(models.Model):
     _name = "product.public.category"
-    _inherit = ["website.seo.metadata", "website.published.multi.mixin"]
+    _inherit = ["website.seo.metadata", "website.multi.mixin"]
     _description = "Website Product Category"
     _order = "sequence, name"
 
diff --git a/addons/website_sale/views/templates.xml b/addons/website_sale/views/templates.xml
index ce5505413ec..2df9ece625c 100644
--- a/addons/website_sale/views/templates.xml
+++ b/addons/website_sale/views/templates.xml
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
     <template id="categories_recursive" name="Category list">
         <li class="nav-item">
             <a t-att-href="keep('/shop/category/' + slug(c), category=0)" t-attf-class="nav-link#{' active' if c.id == int(category or 0) else ''}">
-                <span t-field="c.name"/> <span t-if="not c.website_published" class="text-danger">(Unpublished)</span>
+                <span t-field="c.name"/>
             </a>
             <ul t-if="c.child_id" class="nav nav-pills flex-column nav-hierarchy">
                 <t t-foreach="c.child_id" t-as="c">