diff --git a/addons/website/__openerp__.py b/addons/website/__openerp__.py
index 0c0c106e8f3..90d852b47f6 100644
--- a/addons/website/__openerp__.py
+++ b/addons/website/__openerp__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ OpenERP Website CMS
         'security/ir.model.access.csv',
         'security/ir_ui_view.xml',
         'views/website_templates.xml',
-        'views/website.backend.xml',
         'views/website_views.xml',
         'views/snippets.xml',
         'views/res_config.xml',
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/css/website.backend.css b/addons/website/static/src/css/website.backend.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 927b3907d6f..00000000000
--- a/addons/website/static/src/css/website.backend.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-.oe_button_box .oe_stat_button .o_stat_info:not(.published) > .o_stat_text.oe_publish {
-	display: none;
-}
-.oe_button_box .oe_stat_button .o_stat_info.published > .o_stat_text.oe_unpublish {
-    display: none;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/js/website.backend.js b/addons/website/static/src/js/website.backend.js
index f877c0e90fc..7a3b6a6e580 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/js/website.backend.js
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/js/website.backend.js
@@ -3,15 +3,28 @@ odoo.define('website.backend', function (require) {
 
 var core = require('web.core');
 var form_common = require('web.form_common');
-var form_widgets = require('web.form_widgets'); // required to guarantee that
-    // the overrride of fieldtexthtml works
+var form_widgets = require('web.form_widgets'); // required to guarantee
+                                                //  that the overrride of fieldtexthtml works
+var _t = core._t;
 
 var WidgetWebsiteButton = form_common.AbstractField.extend({
     template: 'WidgetWebsiteButton',
     render_value: function() {
-        this._super();
-        this.$el.toggleClass("published", this.get_value() === true);
-        if (this.node.attrs.class) {
+        this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+
+        var $value = this.$('.o_value');
+
+        if(this.get_value() === true) {
+            $value.html(_t('Published'))
+                  .removeClass('text-danger')
+                  .addClass('text-success');
+        } else {
+            $value.html(_t('Not Published'))
+                  .removeClass('text-success')
+                  .addClass('text-danger');
+        }
+
+        if(this.node.attrs.class) {
             this.$el.addClass(this.node.attrs.class);
         }
     },
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/xml/website.backend.xml b/addons/website/static/src/xml/website.backend.xml
index 76194c11534..b1e060fd6c5 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/xml/website.backend.xml
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/xml/website.backend.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <templates id="template" xml:space="preserve">
-
     <div t-name="WidgetWebsiteButton" class="o_stat_info published">
-        <span class="o_stat_text oe_unpublish text-danger">Not Published</span>
-        <span class="o_stat_text oe_publish text-success">Published</span>
+        <span class="o_stat_text o_value"/>
         <span class="o_stat_text">On Website</span>
     </div>
-
 </templates>
diff --git a/addons/website/views/website.backend.xml b/addons/website/views/website.backend.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e10a49dfa7..00000000000
--- a/addons/website/views/website.backend.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<openerp>
-
-<template id="assets_backend" name="website assets for backend" inherit_id="web.assets_backend">
-    <xpath expr="." position="inside">
-        <link rel="stylesheet" href="/website/static/src/css/website.backend.css"/>
-        <script type="text/javascript" src="/website/static/src/js/website.backend.js"></script>
-    </xpath>
-</template>
-
-</openerp>
diff --git a/addons/website/views/website_templates.xml b/addons/website/views/website_templates.xml
index 752e8bb00e0..ee843f0f948 100644
--- a/addons/website/views/website_templates.xml
+++ b/addons/website/views/website_templates.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 <template id="assets_backend" name="website assets for backend" inherit_id="web.assets_backend">
     <xpath expr="." position="inside">
-        <link rel="stylesheet" href="/website/static/src/css/website.backend.css"/>
         <script type="text/javascript" src="/website/static/src/js/website.backend.js"></script>
     </xpath>
 </template>