diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
index cd99c0c8a43..6d1c08c2a65 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
@@ -1676,9 +1676,9 @@ const SnippetOptionWidget = Widget.extend({
      * @param {*} data
      * @returns {Promise}
      */
-    notify: async function (name, data) {
+    notify: function (name, data) {
         if (name === 'target') {
-            await this.setTarget(data);
+            this.setTarget(data);
         }
     },
     /**
@@ -1687,12 +1687,13 @@ const SnippetOptionWidget = Widget.extend({
      * per-slide options to be in the main menu of the whole snippet. This
      * function allows to set the option's target.
      *
+     * Note: the UI is not updated accordindly automatically.
+     *
      * @param {jQuery} $target - the new target element
      * @returns {Promise}
      */
-    setTarget: async function ($target) {
+    setTarget: function ($target) {
         this.$target = $target;
-        await this.updateUI();
     },
     /**
      * Updates the UI. For widget update, @see _computeWidgetState.
@@ -2290,8 +2291,8 @@ registry.sizing = SnippetOptionWidget.extend({
     /**
      * @override
      */
-    setTarget: async function () {
-        await this._super(...arguments);
+    setTarget: function () {
+        this._super(...arguments);
         this._onResize();
     },
     /**
@@ -2471,8 +2472,8 @@ registry.background = SnippetOptionWidget.extend({
     /**
      * @override
      */
-    setTarget: async function () {
-        await this._super(...arguments);
+    setTarget: function () {
+        this._super(...arguments);
         // TODO should be automatic for all options as equal to the start method
         this.bindBackgroundEvents();
         this.__customImageSrc = this._getSrcFromCssValue();
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/snippets/s_image_gallery/options.js b/addons/website/static/src/snippets/s_image_gallery/options.js
index 819ac1aedc0..1bc0a042b3d 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/snippets/s_image_gallery/options.js
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/snippets/s_image_gallery/options.js
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ options.registry.gallery = options.Class.extend({
      *
      * @override
      */
-    notify: async function (name, data) {
-        await this._super(...arguments);
+    notify: function (name, data) {
+        this._super(...arguments);
         if (name === 'image_removed') {
             data.$image.remove(); // Force the removal of the image before reset
             this.mode('reset', this.getMode());
diff --git a/addons/website_form/static/src/snippets/s_website_form/options.js b/addons/website_form/static/src/snippets/s_website_form/options.js
index 9a69b3efcda..2e9e48930d2 100644
--- a/addons/website_form/static/src/snippets/s_website_form/options.js
+++ b/addons/website_form/static/src/snippets/s_website_form/options.js
@@ -403,8 +403,8 @@ options.registry.WebsiteFormEditor = FormEditor.extend({
     /**
      * @override
      */
-    notify: async function (name, data) {
-        await this._super(...arguments);
+    notify: function (name, data) {
+        this._super(...arguments);
         if (name === 'field_mark') {
             this._setLabelsMark();
         } else if (name === 'add_field') {