diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/form.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/form.js
index 7bf2059243d..2b09c4ac27c 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/form.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/form.js
@@ -40,15 +40,6 @@ openerp.base.FormView =  openerp.base.View.extend( /** @lends openerp.base.FormV
                 toolbar:!!this.flags.sidebar}, this.on_loaded);
         }
     },
-    /**
-     * Directly set a view to use instead of calling fields_view_get. This method must
-     * be called before start().
-     * 
-     * @param embedded_view A view.
-     */
-    set_embedded_view: function(embedded_view) {
-        this.embedded_view = embedded_view;
-    },
     on_loaded: function(data) {
         var self = this;
         this.fields_view = data.fields_view;
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
index 7bc14298fb6..7643e2b62d4 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/list.js
@@ -271,15 +271,6 @@ openerp.base.ListView = openerp.base.View.extend( /** @lends openerp.base.ListVi
             }, callback);
         }
     },
-    /**
-     * Directly set a view to use instead of calling fields_view_get. This method must
-     * be called before start().
-     * 
-     * @param embedded_view A view.
-     */
-    set_embedded_view: function(embedded_view) {
-        this.embedded_view = embedded_view;
-    },
     /**
      * re-renders the content of the list view
      */
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/views.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/views.js
index 39708e717a0..4c259babd8f 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/views.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/views.js
@@ -399,6 +399,16 @@ openerp.base.View = openerp.base.Controller.extend({
                     return dataset.exec_workflow(record_id, action_data.name, handler);
             }
         }
+    },
+    /**
+     * Directly set a view to use instead of calling fields_view_get. This method must
+     * be called before start(). When an embedded view is set, underlying implementations
+     * of openerp.base.View must use the provided view instead of any other one.
+     * 
+     * @param embedded_view A view.
+     */
+    set_embedded_view: function(embedded_view) {
+        this.embedded_view = embedded_view;
     }
 });