diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot/pivot_model.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot/pivot_model.js
index fafeb8428d9..93201843633 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot/pivot_model.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/pivot/pivot_model.js
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ var PivotModel = AbstractModel.extend({
             var type = self.fields[measure].type;
             return (type === 'many2one') ? measure + ":count_distinct" : measure;
         });
-        var fields = _.map(other_groupbys, function (field) {
-            return field.split(':')[0];
-        });
 
         var groupbys = [];
 
@@ -94,7 +91,7 @@ var PivotModel = AbstractModel.extend({
                     method: 'read_group',
                     context: self.data.context,
                     domain: header.domain.length ? header.domain : self.data.domain,
-                    fields: [].concat(field, fields, measures),
+                    fields: measures,
                     groupBy: groupBy,
                     lazy: false,
                 });
@@ -551,9 +548,6 @@ var PivotModel = AbstractModel.extend({
                 return measure;
             }
         });
-        var fields = _.map(rowGroupBys.concat(colGroupBys), function (field) {
-                        return field.split(':')[0];
-                    }).concat(measures);
 
         for (var i = 0; i < rowGroupBys.length + 1; i++) {
             for (var j = 0; j < colGroupBys.length + 1; j++) {
@@ -567,7 +561,7 @@ var PivotModel = AbstractModel.extend({
                     method: 'read_group',
                     context: self.data.context,
                     domain: self.data.domain,
-                    fields: fields,
+                    fields: measures,
                     groupBy: groupBy,
                     lazy: false,
                 });
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/pivot_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/pivot_tests.js
index a86ba3c28a6..77c1c66fae8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/pivot_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/pivot_tests.js
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
                 '</pivot>',
         });
         pivot.$('tbody .o_pivot_header_cell_closed').first().click();
-        // click on date by day
+        // click on date by month
         pivot.$('ul.o_pivot_field_menu > li[data-field="date"] a[data-interval="month"]').click();
 
         assert.strictEqual(pivot.$('.o_pivot_cell_value').text(), '2211',
@@ -1083,5 +1083,4 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
             'should have loaded the proper data');
         pivot.destroy();
     });
-
 });});