diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/__openerp__.py b/openerp/addons/base/__openerp__.py
index 41edfcbe0a3..ab9231b129c 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/__openerp__.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/__openerp__.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
         'base_data.xml',
         'security/base_security.xml',
         'base_menu.xml',
-        'base_module_meta.xml',
         'res/res_security.xml',
         'res/res_config.xml',
         'data/res.country.state.csv'
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/base.sql b/openerp/addons/base/base.sql
index ebc870789cf..31872b46730 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/base.sql
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/base.sql
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ CREATE TABLE ir_module_module (
     demo boolean default False,
     web boolean DEFAULT FALSE,
     license character varying(32),
+    sequence integer DEFAULT 100,
     primary key(id)
 );
 ALTER TABLE ir_module_module add constraint name_uniq unique (name);
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/base_module_meta.xml b/openerp/addons/base/base_module_meta.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 09e28609cec..00000000000
--- a/openerp/addons/base/base_module_meta.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<openerp>
-    <data>
-
-        <record id="base.module_account_accountant" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">10</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_account_asset" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">32</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_account_voucher" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">4</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_crm" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">2</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_hr" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">12</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_hr_expense" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">30</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_hr_holidays" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">28</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_hr_payroll" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">38</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_hr_recruitment" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">24</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_hr_timesheet_sheet" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">16</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_mrp" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">18</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_point_of_sale" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">6</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_project" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">8</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_project_gtd" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">20</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_project_issue" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">22</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_purchase" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">19</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_sale" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">14</field>
-        </record>
-        <record id="base.module_stock" model="ir.module.module">
-            <field name="sequence">16</field>
-        </record>
-
-    </data>
-</openerp>
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py b/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py
index e4c848eb2b0..34ed48378e6 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/module/module.py
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ class module(osv.osv):
             'license': terp.get('license', 'AGPL-3'),
             'certificate': terp.get('certificate') or False,
             'complexity': terp.get('complexity', ''),
+            'sequence': terp.get('sequence', 100),
+            'application': terp.get('application', False),
         }
 
     # update the list of available packages
diff --git a/openerp/modules/db.py b/openerp/modules/db.py
index d9c4f76dd3b..a670a29deed 100644
--- a/openerp/modules/db.py
+++ b/openerp/modules/db.py
@@ -75,14 +75,15 @@ def initialize(cr):
 
         cr.execute('INSERT INTO ir_module_module \
                 (author, website, name, shortdesc, description, \
-                    category_id, state, certificate, web, license, complexity, application, icon) \
-                VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s) RETURNING id', (
+                    category_id, state, certificate, web, license, complexity, application, icon, sequence) \
+                VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s) RETURNING id', (
             info['author'],
             info['website'], i, info['name'],
             info['description'], category_id, state, info['certificate'],
             info['web'],
             info['license'],
-            info['complexity'], info['application'], info['icon']))
+            info['complexity'], info['application'], info['icon'],
+            info['sequence']))
         id = cr.fetchone()[0]
         cr.execute('INSERT INTO ir_model_data \
             (name,model,module, res_id, noupdate) VALUES (%s,%s,%s,%s,%s)', (
diff --git a/openerp/modules/module.py b/openerp/modules/module.py
index 7f934275894..ad56bf896a6 100644
--- a/openerp/modules/module.py
+++ b/openerp/modules/module.py
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ def load_information_from_description_file(module):
                 'version': '0.0.0',
                 'web': False,
                 'website': '',
+                'sequence': 100,
             }
             info.update(itertools.izip(
                 'depends data demo test init_xml update_xml demo_xml'.split(),