diff --git a/addons/l10n_co/models/res_partner.py b/addons/l10n_co/models/res_partner.py
index ab7ff0c3c24..cf6763b6d2d 100644
--- a/addons/l10n_co/models/res_partner.py
+++ b/addons/l10n_co/models/res_partner.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class ResPartner(models.Model):
                                               ('foreign_id_card', 'Cedula de Extranjeria'),
                                               ('external_id', 'ID del Exterior')], string='Document Type',
                                              help='Indicates to what document the information in here belongs to.')
-    l10n_co_verification_code = fields.Char(compute='_compute_verification_code', string='VC',
+    l10n_co_verification_code = fields.Char(compute='_compute_verification_code', string='VC',  # todo remove this field in master
                                             help='Redundancy check to verify the vat number has been typed in correctly.')
 
     @api.depends('vat')
diff --git a/addons/l10n_co/views/res_partner.xml b/addons/l10n_co/views/res_partner.xml
index 9912521fcca..5c55043fb44 100644
--- a/addons/l10n_co/views/res_partner.xml
+++ b/addons/l10n_co/views/res_partner.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                 <field name="l10n_co_document_type"/>
             </field>
             <field name="vat" position="after">
-                <field name="l10n_co_verification_code"/>
+                <field name="l10n_co_verification_code" invisible="1"/>
             </field>
         </field>
     </record>