diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/search_view.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/search_view.js
index d8d02ac9a41..ecd7db41a7d 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/search_view.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/search_view.js
@@ -603,34 +603,6 @@ var SearchView = Widget.extend({
             current_category = filter.category;
         });
     },
-
-    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // Public
-    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    /**
-     * Activates a filter for a given domain.
-     * FIXME: the way it is done could be improved, but the actual state of the
-     * searchview doesn't allow to do much better. For instance, if the same
-     * filter is added twice, it appears twice in the facets. This should be
-     * improved when the searchview will be rewrote.
-
-     * @param {string} domain the domain to filter on
-     * @param {string} help the text to display in the facet
-     */
-    addFilter: function (domain, help) {
-        var filter = {
-            attrs: {
-                domain: domain,
-                help: help,
-            },
-        };
-        var filterWidget = new search_inputs.Filter(filter);
-        var filterGroup = new search_inputs.FilterGroup([filterWidget], this);
-        var facet = filterGroup.make_facet([filterGroup.make_value(filter)]);
-        this.query.add([facet], {silent: true});
-        this.query.trigger('reset');
-    },
 });
 
 _.extend(SearchView, {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/view_manager.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/view_manager.js
index fe44cc503dd..5c32715a98f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/view_manager.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/view_manager.js
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ var ViewManager = Widget.extend(ControlPanelMixin, {
             _.extend(this.env, this._process_search_data(d.domains, d.contexts, d.groupbys));
             this.active_view.controller.reload(_.extend({offset: 0}, this.env));
         },
-        add_filter: '_onAddFilter',
         switch_view: function(event) {
             if ('res_id' in event.data) {
                 this.env.currentId = event.data.res_id;
@@ -652,14 +651,6 @@ var ViewManager = Widget.extend(ControlPanelMixin, {
     // Handlers
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    /**
-     * @private
-     */
-    _onAddFilter: function (event) {
-        if (this.searchview) {
-            this.searchview.addFilter(event.data.domain, event.data.help);
-        }
-    },
     /**
      * This handler is probably called by a sub form view when the user discards
      * its value.  The usual result of this is that we switch back to the
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/relational_fields.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/relational_fields.js
index dada7653e3b..f31a4df6bc9 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/relational_fields.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/relational_fields.js
@@ -1704,10 +1704,6 @@ var FormFieldMany2ManyTags = FieldMany2ManyTags.extend({
 });
 
 var KanbanFieldMany2ManyTags = FieldMany2ManyTags.extend({
-    events: _.extend({}, FieldMany2ManyTags.prototype.events, {
-        'click .o_tag': '_onTagClicked',
-    }),
-
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Private
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1730,29 +1726,10 @@ var KanbanFieldMany2ManyTags = FieldMany2ManyTags.extend({
                 class: 'o_tag o_tag_color_' + (m2m.data[self.colorField] || 0),
                 text: m2m.data.display_name,
             })
-            .data('res_id', m2m.res_id)
             .prepend('<span>')
             .appendTo(self.$el);
         });
     },
-
-    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // Handlers
-    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    /**
-     * @private
-     * @param {MouseEvent} e
-     */
-    _onTagClicked: function (e) {
-        var resID = $(e.currentTarget).data('res_id');
-        var record = _.findWhere(this.value.data, {res_id: resID});
-        var displayName = record.data.display_name;
-        this.trigger_up('add_filter', {
-            domain: "[['" + this.name + "','=','" + displayName + "']]",
-            help: displayName,
-        });
-    }
 });
 
 var FieldMany2ManyCheckBoxes = AbstractField.extend({
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js
index 025b0658f0d..cf85755a19b 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
     });
 
     QUnit.test('many2many_tags in kanban views', function (assert) {
-        assert.expect(12);
+        assert.expect(11);
 
         this.data.partner.records[0].category_ids = [6, 7];
         this.data.partner.records[1].category_ids = [7, 8];
@@ -545,14 +545,6 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
                 assert.step(route);
                 return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
             },
-            intercepts: {
-                add_filter: function (event) {
-                    assert.deepEqual(event.data, {
-                        domain: "[['category_ids','=','gold']]",
-                        help: 'gold',
-                    }, "should trigger an 'add_filter' event with correct data");
-                },
-            },
         });
 
         var $first_record = kanban.$('.o_kanban_record:first()');
@@ -579,46 +571,6 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         assert.strictEqual(kanban.$('.o_kanban_record:first()').find('.o_field_many2manytags .o_tag').length, 2,
             'first record should still contain only 2 tags');
 
-        // click on a tag to trigger a search by tag
-        kanban.$('.o_tag:contains(gold):first').click();
-
-        kanban.destroy();
-    });
-
-    QUnit.test('many2many_tags with no color field and search by tag', function (assert) {
-        assert.expect(3);
-
-        delete this.data.category.fields.color;
-        this.data.partner.records[0].category_ids = [6, 7];
-
-        var kanban = createView({
-            View: KanbanView,
-            model: 'partner',
-            data: this.data,
-            arch: '<kanban><templates><t t-name="kanban-box">' +
-                    '<div>' +
-                        '<field name="category_ids" widget="many2many_tags"/>' +
-                        '<field name="foo"/>' +
-                    '</div>' +
-                '</t></templates></kanban>',
-            intercepts: {
-                add_filter: function (event) {
-                    assert.deepEqual(event.data, {
-                        domain: "[['category_ids','=','gold']]",
-                        help: 'gold',
-                    }, "should trigger an 'add_filter' event with correct data");
-                },
-            },
-        });
-
-        var $first_record = kanban.$('.o_kanban_record:first()');
-        assert.strictEqual($first_record.find('.o_field_many2manytags .o_tag').length, 2,
-            'first record should contain 2 tags');
-        assert.ok($first_record.find('.o_tag.o_tag_color_0').hasClass('o_tag_color_0'),
-            'both tags should have the default color');
-        // click on a tag to trigger a search by tag
-        kanban.$('.o_tag:contains(gold):first').click();
-
         kanban.destroy();
     });