diff --git a/addons/gamification/badge.py b/addons/gamification/badge.py
index 35d6c0b4756..00eb11fb38e 100644
--- a/addons/gamification/badge.py
+++ b/addons/gamification/badge.py
@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@ class gamification_badge(osv.Model):
             string='Goals Linked',
             help="The users that have succeeded theses goals will receive automatically the badge."),
 
-        'public': fields.boolean('Public',
-            help="A message will be posted on the user profile or just sent to him"),
         'owner_ids': fields.one2many('gamification.badge.user', 'badge_id',
             string='Owners', help='The list of instances of this badge granted to users'),
         'unique_owner_ids': fields.function(_get_unique_global_list,
@@ -206,8 +204,7 @@ class gamification_badge(osv.Model):
         'stat_this_month': 0,
         'rule_auth': 'everyone',
         'rule_automatic': 'manual',
-        'compute_code': "self.nobody(cr, uid, context)",
-        'public': True
+        'compute_code': "self.nobody(cr, uid, context)"
     }
 
     def send_badge(self, cr, uid, badge_id, badge_user_ids, user_from=None, context=None):
diff --git a/addons/gamification/badge_view.xml b/addons/gamification/badge_view.xml
index 41d5a82fa4b..651905253d6 100644
--- a/addons/gamification/badge_view.xml
+++ b/addons/gamification/badge_view.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
                         </div>
                         <group>
                             <field name="description" />
-                            <field name="public" />
                         </group>
                         <group string="User Rules">
                             <field name="rule_auth" string="Allowed to Grant" />
diff --git a/addons/hr_gamification/badge.py b/addons/hr_gamification/badge.py
index a46c8fd51f7..0c0ee260c47 100644
--- a/addons/hr_gamification/badge.py
+++ b/addons/hr_gamification/badge.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class hr_gamification_badge(osv.Model):
         if 'badge_user' in context and 'badge_id' in context:
             badge = self.browse(cr, uid, context['badge_id'], context=context)
             badge_user = context['badge_user']
-            if badge.public and badge_user.employee_id:
+            if badge_user.employee_id:
                 return self.pool.get('hr.employee').message_post(cr, uid,
                     badge_user.employee_id.id, context=context, **kwargs)
         return super(hr_gamification_badge, self).message_post(cr, uid, thread_id, context=context, **kwargs)