diff --git a/addons/portal/static/src/js/portal_chatter.js b/addons/portal/static/src/js/portal_chatter.js
index 3e17c5dd2b8..977a1576c77 100644
--- a/addons/portal/static/src/js/portal_chatter.js
+++ b/addons/portal/static/src/js/portal_chatter.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ var base = require('web_editor.base');
 var ajax = require('web.ajax');
 var core = require('web.core');
 var Widget = require('web.Widget');
-var sAnimation = require('website.content.snippets.animation');
 var rpc = require('web.rpc');
 var time = require('web.time');
 
@@ -223,19 +222,12 @@ var PortalChatter = Widget.extend({
     },
 });
 
-sAnimation.registry.portal_chatter = sAnimation.Class.extend({
-    selector: ".o_portal_chatter",
-    destroy: function () {
-        this.$target.empty();
-        return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-    },
-    start: function () {
-        if (!this.editableMode) {
-            var mail_thread = new PortalChatter(null, this.$el.data());
-            mail_thread.appendTo(this.$el);
-        }
-        return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-    },
+base.ready().then(function () {
+    $('.o_portal_chatter').each(function (index) {
+        var $elem = $(this);
+        var mail_thread = new PortalChatter(null, $elem.data());
+        mail_thread.appendTo($elem);
+    });
 });
 
 return {
diff --git a/addons/portal/views/portal_templates.xml b/addons/portal/views/portal_templates.xml
index 9095adb892d..2052ed27ced 100644
--- a/addons/portal/views/portal_templates.xml
+++ b/addons/portal/views/portal_templates.xml
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
                      the message will be posted with the identity of the partner_id of the object
     -->
     <template id="message_thread">
-        <div id="discussion" class="hidden-print o_portal_chatter"
+        <div id="discussion" class="hidden-print o_portal_chatter o_not_editable"
             t-att-data-token="token" t-att-data-res_model="object._name" t-att-data-res_id="object.id" t-att-data-pager_step="message_per_page or 10" t-att-data-allow_composer="'0' if disable_composer else '1'">
         </div>
     </template>