diff --git a/addons/web_editor/__manifest__.py b/addons/web_editor/__manifest__.py
index 62c368283f3..f59d5bf2720 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/__manifest__.py
+++ b/addons/web_editor/__manifest__.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ Odoo Web Editor widget.
             'web_editor/static/lib/jQuery.transfo.js',
             'web/static/lib/nearest/jquery.nearest.js',
             'web_editor/static/lib/webgl-image-filter/webgl-image-filter.js',
-            'web_editor/static/lib/html2canvas.js', # needed for convert_inline.js
             'web_editor/static/lib/DOMPurify.js',
 
             # odoo-editor
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend/convert_inline.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend/convert_inline.js
index 158d7566100..a6344dee577 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend/convert_inline.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend/convert_inline.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import { isBlock, rgbToHex } from '../editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils';
+import { loadJS } from '@web/core/assets';
+
 /* global html2canvas */
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -631,6 +633,7 @@ async function toInline($editable, cssRules, $iframe) {
  * @param {Element} editable
  */
 async function flattenBackgroundImages(editable) {
+    await loadJS('/web_editor/static/lib/html2canvas.js');
     for (const backgroundImage of editable.querySelectorAll('*[style*=background-image]')) {
         if (backgroundImage.parentElement) { // If the image was nested, we removed it already.
             const canvas = await html2canvas(backgroundImage);