diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/testing.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/testing.js
index 094270ec237..e7aad43ffc7 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/testing.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/testing.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ openerp.testing = {};
         formats: ['coresetup', 'dates'],
         chrome: ['corelib', 'coresetup'],
         views: ['corelib', 'coresetup', 'data', 'chrome'],
-        search: ['data', 'coresetup', 'formats'],
+        search: ['views', 'formats'],
         list: ['views', 'data'],
         form: ['data', 'views', 'list', 'formats'],
         list_editable: ['list', 'form', 'data'],
diff --git a/addons/web/static/test/list-editable.js b/addons/web/static/test/list-editable.js
index b02e8abed96..89907aa16ee 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/test/list-editable.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/test/list-editable.js
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ openerp.testing.section('list.edition', {
             }
             return [];
         });
-        mock('/web/view/load', function () {
+        mock('demo:fields_view_get', function () {
             return {
                 type: 'tree',
                 fields: {
@@ -191,15 +191,7 @@ openerp.testing.section('list.edition', {
                     b: {type: 'char', string: "B"},
                     c: {type: 'char', string: "C"}
                 },
-                arch: {
-                    tag: 'tree',
-                    attrs: {},
-                    children: [
-                        {tag: 'field', attrs: {name: 'a'}},
-                        {tag: 'field', attrs: {name: 'b'}},
-                        {tag: 'field', attrs: {name: 'c'}}
-                    ]
-                }
+                arch: '<tree><field name="a"/><field name="b"/><field name="c"/></tree>',
             };
         });
     }
@@ -247,7 +239,7 @@ openerp.testing.section('list.edition.events', {
         mock('demo:read', function () {
             return [{ id: 1, a: 'foo', b: 'bar', c: 'baz' }];
         });
-        mock('/web/view/load', function () {
+        mock('demo:fields_view_get', function () {
             return {
                 type: 'tree',
                 fields: {
@@ -255,15 +247,7 @@ openerp.testing.section('list.edition.events', {
                     b: {type: 'char', string: "B"},
                     c: {type: 'char', string: "C"}
                 },
-                arch: {
-                    tag: 'tree',
-                    attrs: {},
-                    children: [
-                        {tag: 'field', attrs: {name: 'a'}},
-                        {tag: 'field', attrs: {name: 'b'}},
-                        {tag: 'field', attrs: {name: 'c'}}
-                    ]
-                }
+                arch: '<tree><field name="a"/><field name="b"/><field name="c"/></tree>',
             };
         });
     }
@@ -320,19 +304,13 @@ openerp.testing.section('list.edition.onwrite', {
     templates: true,
 }, function (test) {
     test('record-to-read', {asserts: 4}, function (instance, $fix, mock) {
-        mock('/web/view/load', function () {
+        mock('demo:fields_view_get', function () {
             return {
                 type: 'tree',
                 fields: {
                     a: {type: 'char', string: "A"}
                 },
-                arch: {
-                    tag: 'tree',
-                    attrs: { on_write: 'on_write', colors: 'red:a == "foo"' },
-                    children: [
-                        {tag: 'field', attrs: {name: 'a'}}
-                    ]
-                }
+                arch: '<tree on_write="on_write" colors="red:a == \'foo\'"><field name="a"/></tree>',
             };
         });
         mock('demo:read', function (args, kwargs) {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/test/list.js b/addons/web/static/test/list.js
index 22c33ef104a..bb4c4c38640 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/test/list.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/test/list.js
@@ -4,20 +4,13 @@ openerp.testing.section('list.buttons', {
     templates: true
 }, function (test) {
     test('record-deletion', {asserts: 2}, function (instance, $fix, mock) {
-        mock('/web/view/load', function () {
+        mock('demo:fields_view_get', function () {
             return {
                 type: 'tree',
                 fields: {
                     a: {type: 'char', string: "A"}
                 },
-                arch: {
-                    tag: 'tree',
-                    attrs: { },
-                    children: [
-                        {tag: 'field', attrs: {name: 'a'}},
-                        {tag: 'button', attrs: {type: 'object', name: 'foo'}}
-                    ]
-                }
+                arch: '<tree><field name="a"/><button type="object" name="foo"/></tree>',
             };
         });
         mock('demo:read', function (args, kwargs) {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/test/search.js b/addons/web/static/test/search.js
index db9e7aa3ed9..5f177c0a363 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/test/search.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/test/search.js
@@ -152,25 +152,14 @@ var makeSearchView = function (instance, dummy_widget_attributes, defaults) {
     instance.dummy = {};
     instance.dummy.DummyWidget = instance.web.search.Field.extend(
         dummy_widget_attributes || {});
-    if (!('/web/view/load' in instance.session.responses)) {
-        instance.session.responses['/web/view/load'] = function () {
+    if (!('dummy.model:fields_view_get' in instance.session.responses)) {
+        instance.session.responses['dummy.model:fields_view_get'] = function () {
             return {
                 type: 'search',
                 fields: {
                     dummy: {type: 'char', string: "Dummy"}
                 },
-                arch: {
-                    tag: 'search',
-                    attrs: {},
-                    children: [{
-                        tag: 'field',
-                        attrs: {
-                            name: 'dummy',
-                            widget: 'dummy'
-                        },
-                        children: []
-                    }]
-                }
+                arch: '<search><field name="dummy" widget="dummy"/></search>'
             };
         };
     }
@@ -183,7 +172,7 @@ var makeSearchView = function (instance, dummy_widget_attributes, defaults) {
         };
     };
 
-    var dataset = {model: 'dummy.model', get_context: function () { return {}; }};
+    var dataset = new instance.web.DataSet(null, 'dummy.model');
     var view = new instance.web.SearchView(null, dataset, false, defaults);
     var self = this;
     view.on('invalid_search', self, function () {
@@ -926,31 +915,16 @@ openerp.testing.section('filters', {
     rpc: 'mock',
     templates: true,
     setup: function (instance, $s, mock) {
-        mock('/web/view/load', function () {
+        mock('dummy.model:fields_view_get', function () {
             // view with a single group of filters
             return {
                 type: 'search',
                 fields: {},
-                arch: {
-                    tag: 'search',
-                    attrs: {},
-                    children: [{
-                        tag: 'filter',
-                        attrs: { string: "Foo1", domain: [ ['foo', '=', '1'] ] },
-                        children: []
-                    }, {
-                        tag: 'filter',
-                        attrs: {
-                            name: 'foo2',
-                            string: "Foo2",
-                            domain: [ ['foo', '=', '2'] ] },
-                        children: []
-                    }, {
-                        tag: 'filter',
-                        attrs: { string: "Foo3", domain: [ ['foo', '=', '3'] ] },
-                        children: []
-                    }]
-                }
+                arch: '<search>' +
+                        '<filter string="Foo1" domain="[ [\'foo\', \'=\', \'1\'] ]"/>' +
+                        '<filter name="foo2" string="Foo2" domain="[ [\'foo\', \'=\', \'2\'] ]"/>' +
+                        '<filter string="Foo3" domain="[ [\'foo\', \'=\', \'3\'] ]"/>' +
+                        '</search>',
             };
         });
     }