diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/relational_fields.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/relational_fields.js
index ff9d6359dd1..260266ac9a9 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/relational_fields.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/relational_fields.js
@@ -1857,6 +1857,7 @@ var FieldMany2ManyTags = AbstractField.extend({
         }
 
         this.colorField = this.nodeOptions.color_field;
+        this.hasDropdown = false;
     },
 
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1923,6 +1924,7 @@ var FieldMany2ManyTags = AbstractField.extend({
         return {
             colorField: this.colorField,
             elements: elements,
+            hasDropdown: this.hasDropdown,
             readonly: this.mode === "readonly",
         };
     },
@@ -2034,6 +2036,14 @@ var FormFieldMany2ManyTags = FieldMany2ManyTags.extend({
         'mousedown .o_colorpicker a': '_onUpdateColor',
         'mousedown .o_colorpicker .o_hide_in_kanban': '_onUpdateColor',
     }),
+    /**
+     * @override
+     */
+    init: function () {
+        this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+
+        this.hasDropdown = !!this.colorField;
+    },
 
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Handlers
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 752ad974042..7ff585f37c8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -838,11 +838,11 @@
     <t t-foreach="elements" t-as="el">
         <t t-set="color" t-value="el[colorField] || 0"/>
         <t t-set="colornames" t-value="['No color', 'Red', 'Orange', 'Yellow', 'Light blue', 'Dark purple', 'Salmon pink', 'Medium blue', 'Dark blue', 'Fushia', 'Green', 'Purple']"/>
-        <div t-attf-class="badge badge-pill dropdown o_tag_color_#{color}" t-att-data-color="color" t-att-data-index="el_index" t-att-data-id="el.id" t-attf-title="Tag color: #{colornames[color]}">
+        <div t-attf-class="badge badge-pill #{hasDropdown ? 'dropdown' : ''} o_tag_color_#{color}" t-att-data-color="color" t-att-data-index="el_index" t-att-data-id="el.id" t-attf-title="Tag color: #{colornames[color]}">
             <t t-set="_badge_text">
                 <span class="o_badge_text" t-att-title="el.display_name"><span role="img" t-attf-aria-label="Tag color: #{colornames[color]}"/><t t-esc="el.display_name"/></span>
             </t>
-            <t t-if="colorField">
+            <t t-if="hasDropdown">
                 <a role="button" href="#" class="dropdown-toggle o-no-caret" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false">
                     <t t-raw="_badge_text"/>
                 </a>
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/fields/relational_fields_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/fields/relational_fields_tests.js
index 316f5caeffd..640e02701c2 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/fields/relational_fields_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/fields/relational_fields_tests.js
@@ -12683,6 +12683,30 @@ QUnit.module('relational_fields', {
         form.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('fieldmany2many tags in tree view', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(3);
+
+        this.data.partner.records[0].timmy = [12, 14];
+        var list = createView({
+            View: ListView,
+            model: 'partner',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<tree string="Partners">' +
+                '<field name="timmy" widget="many2many_tags" options="{\'color_field\': \'color\'}"/>' +
+                '</tree>',
+        });
+        assert.containsN(list, '.o_field_many2manytags .badge', 2, "there should be 2 tags");
+        assert.containsNone(list, '.dropdown-toggle', "the tags should not be dropdowns");
+
+        testUtils.intercept(list, 'switch_view', function (event) {
+            assert.strictEqual(event.data.view_type, "form", "should switch to form view");
+        });
+        // click on the tag: should do nothing and open the form view
+        testUtils.dom.click(list.$('.o_field_many2manytags .badge:first'));
+
+        list.destroy();
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('fieldmany2many tags view a domain', function (assert) {
         assert.expect(7);