diff --git a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
index d04622b7058..9eeb47f15e7 100644
--- a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
+++ b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
@@ -236,8 +236,6 @@ openerp.web_kanban.KanbanView = openerp.web.View.extend({
                 record.do_reload();
                 new_group.do_save_sequences();
             }).fail(function(error, evt) {
-                evt.preventDefault();
-                alert("An error has occured while moving the record to this group.");
                 self.do_reload(); // TODO: use draggable + sortable in order to cancel the dragging when the rcp fails
             });
         }