diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager_act_window.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager_act_window.js
index fbf281632b4..2eacf6caa0d 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager_act_window.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager_act_window.js
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ ActionManager.include({
             if (View) {
                 views.push({
                     accessKey: View.prototype.accessKey || View.prototype.accesskey,
+                    displayName: View.prototype.display_name,
                     fieldsView: fieldsView,
                     icon: View.prototype.icon,
                     isMobileFriendly: View.prototype.mobile_friendly,
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_controller.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_controller.js
index c5fa0ff6eed..4bcb21f7a4d 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_controller.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_controller.js
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ var AbstractController = AbstractAction.extend(ControlPanelMixin, {
      * @param {any} params.initialState the initialState
      * @param {boolean} params.isMultiRecord
      * @param {Object[]} params.actionViews
-     * @param {string|Object} params.viewName name of the view (e.g "List").
-     *   This is an object with `core._lt`.
      * @param {string} params.viewType
      * @param {boolean} params.withControlPanel set to false to hide the
      *   ControlPanel
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ var AbstractController = AbstractAction.extend(ControlPanelMixin, {
         this.groupable = params.groupable;
         this.enableTimeRangeMenu = params.enableTimeRangeMenu;
         this.actionViews = params.actionViews;
-        this.viewName = params.viewName;
         this.viewType = params.viewType;
         this.withControlPanel = params.withControlPanel !== false;
         // override this.need_control_panel so that the ActionManager doesn't
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_view.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_view.js
index f090d5d4e84..d061349b7c8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_view.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_view.js
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ var AbstractView = Class.extend({
         this.controllerParams.searchView = params.action && params.action.searchView;
         this.controllerParams.searchViewHidden = this.searchview_hidden; // AAB: use searchable instead where it is used?
         this.controllerParams.actionViews = params.action ? params.action.views : [];
-        this.controllerParams.viewName = this.viewName;
         this.controllerParams.viewType = this.viewType;
         this.controllerParams.withControlPanel = true;
         if (params.action && params.action.flags) {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index decf5eb98af..4ef5f5c6d4c 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
         <a role="menuitem" href="#" data-action="fvg" class="dropdown-item">Fields View Get</a>
         <t t-if="can_edit">
             <a role="menuitem" href="#" data-action="edit" data-model="ir.ui.view" t-att-data-id="view.fieldsView.view_id" class="dropdown-item">
-                Edit View: <t t-esc="controller.viewName"/>
+                Edit View: <t t-esc="view.displayName"/>
             </a>
             <a t-if="searchview and searchview.$el.is(':visible')" role="menuitem" href="#" data-action="edit" data-model="ir.ui.view" t-att-data-id="action.searchFieldsView.view_id" class="dropdown-item">Edit SearchView</a>
         </t>
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/tools/debug_manager_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/tools/debug_manager_tests.js
index e861afc6546..424ebe1517f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/tools/debug_manager_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/tools/debug_manager_tests.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ QUnit.module('DebugManager', {}, function () {
         // Simulate update debug manager from web client
         var action = {
             views: [{
+                displayName: "List",
                 fieldsView: {
                     view_id: 1,
                 },
@@ -55,7 +56,6 @@ QUnit.module('DebugManager', {}, function () {
             }],
         };
         var view = {
-            viewName: "List",
             viewType: "list",
         };
         debugManager.update('action', action, view);