diff --git a/addons/account/views/account_invoice_view.xml b/addons/account/views/account_invoice_view.xml
index 1c7971edec7..bd3796ce312 100644
--- a/addons/account/views/account_invoice_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/views/account_invoice_view.xml
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
                         <button name="%(action_account_invoice_refund)d" type='action' string='Ask Refund' groups="account.group_account_invoice" attrs="{'invisible': ['|',('type', '=', 'in_refund'),('state','not in',('open','paid'))]}"/>
                         <button name="invoice_cancel" states="draft,proforma2" string="Cancel Bill" groups="account.group_account_invoice"/>
                         <button name="action_cancel_draft" states="cancel" string="Set to Draft" type="object" groups="account.group_account_invoice"/>
-                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,open,paid" statusbar_colors='{"proforma":"blue","proforma2":"blue"}'/>
+                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,open,paid" />
                 </header>
                 <div class="alert alert-info" role="alert" style="margin-bottom:0px;" attrs="{'invisible': [('has_outstanding','=',False)]}">
                     You have <bold><a class="alert-link" href="#outstanding" role="button">outstanding debits</a></bold> for this supplier. You can allocate them to mark this bill as paid.
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
                     <button name="%(action_account_invoice_refund)d" type='action' string='Refund Invoice' groups="base.group_user" attrs="{'invisible': ['|',('type', '=', 'out_refund'), ('state', 'not in', ('open','proforma2','paid'))]}"/>
                     <button name="invoice_cancel" states="draft,proforma2,open" string="Cancel Invoice" groups="base.group_no_one"/>
                     <button name="action_cancel_draft" states="cancel" string="Reset to Draft" type="object" groups="base.group_user"/>
-                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" nolabel="1" statusbar_visible="draft,open,paid" statusbar_colors='{"proforma":"blue","proforma2":"blue"}'/>
+                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" nolabel="1" statusbar_visible="draft,open,paid"/>
                 </header>
                 <div class="alert alert-info" role="alert" style="margin-bottom:0px;" attrs="{'invisible': [('has_outstanding','=',False)]}">
                     You have <bold><a class="alert-link" href="#outstanding" role="button">outstanding payments</a></bold> for this customer. You can allocate them to mark this invoice as paid.
diff --git a/addons/account_voucher/voucher_sales_purchase_view.xml b/addons/account_voucher/voucher_sales_purchase_view.xml
index de29d3dc9ca..c84b5f83081 100644
--- a/addons/account_voucher/voucher_sales_purchase_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account_voucher/voucher_sales_purchase_view.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                     <button name="cancel_voucher" string="Cancel Receipt" type="object" states="draft,proforma"/>
                     <button name="cancel_voucher" string="Cancel Receipt" type="object" states="posted" confirm="Are you sure you want to cancel this receipt?"/>
                     <button name="action_cancel_draft" type="object" states="cancel" string="Set to Draft"/>
-                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,posted" statusbar_colors='{"proforma":"blue"}'/>
+                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,posted"/>
                 </header>
                 <sheet string="Sales Receipt">
                     <label for="number" string="Sales Receipt"/>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
                     <button name="cancel_voucher" string="Cancel" type="object" states="draft,proforma" />
                     <button name="cancel_voucher" string="Cancel" type="object" states="posted" confirm="Are you sure you want to cancel this receipt?"/>
                     <button name="action_cancel_draft" type="object" states="cancel" string="Set to Draft"/>
-                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,posted" statusbar_colors='{"proforma":"blue"}'/>
+                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,posted"/>
                 </header>
                 <sheet string="Vendor Voucher">
                     <label for="number" string="Purchase Receipt"/>
diff --git a/addons/hr_expense/views/hr_expense_views.xml b/addons/hr_expense/views/hr_expense_views.xml
index 830e87fb3a7..80eb63eac85 100644
--- a/addons/hr_expense/views/hr_expense_views.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_expense/views/hr_expense_views.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                 <form string="Expenses">
                 <header>
                     <button name="submit_expenses" states="draft" string="Submit to Manager" type="object" class="oe_highlight o_expense_submit"/>
-                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,reported,done" statusbar_colors='{"reported":"blue"}'/>
+                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,reported,done"/>
                     <button name="view_sheet" type="object" string="View Report" class="oe_highlight" attrs="{'invisible': [('state', '=','draft')]}"/>
                 </header>
                 <sheet>
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
                     <button name="reset_expense_sheets" states="cancel" string="Resubmit" type="object"/>
                     <button name="%(hr_expense.hr_expense_refuse_wizard_action)d" states="submit" string="Refuse" type="action" groups="base.group_hr_user" />
                     <button name="%(hr_expense.hr_expense_refuse_wizard_action)d" states="approve" string="Refuse" type="action" groups="account.group_account_user"/>
-                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,submit,approve,post,done" statusbar_colors='{"submit":"blue","cancel":"red"}'/>
+                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,submit,approve,post,done"/>
                 </header>
                 <sheet>
                     <div class="oe_button_box">
diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_holidays_views.xml b/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_holidays_views.xml
index b4f6f65bb5f..d47eba6d7c1 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_holidays_views.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_holidays_views.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
                     <button string="Refuse" name="refuse" states="confirm,validate,validate1" type="workflow" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
                     <button string="Reset to Draft" name="reset" type="workflow"
                             attrs="{'invisible': ['|', ('can_reset', '=', False), ('state', 'not in', ['confirm', 'refuse'])]}"/>
-                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,confirm,validate" statusbar_colors='{"confirm":"blue","validate1":"blue","refuse":"red"}'/>
+                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,confirm,validate"/>
                 </header>
                 <sheet>
                     <div class="oe_title">
diff --git a/addons/marketing_campaign/marketing_campaign_view.xml b/addons/marketing_campaign/marketing_campaign_view.xml
index 6cb8c03a12e..1eb6572e23a 100644
--- a/addons/marketing_campaign/marketing_campaign_view.xml
+++ b/addons/marketing_campaign/marketing_campaign_view.xml
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
                 <button string="Process" states="todo" name="process" type="object"/>
                 <button string="Reset" states="exception,cancelled" name="button_draft" type="object"/>
                 <button string="Cancel Workitem" states="todo,exception" name="button_cancel" type="object"/>
-                <field name="state" readonly="True" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="todo,done" statusbar_colors='{"exception":"red"}'/>
+                <field name="state" readonly="True" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="todo,done"/>
                 <button string="Preview" states="todo" name="preview" icon="fa-search-plus fa-lg text-primary" type="object"/>
             </header>
             <sheet>
diff --git a/addons/mrp/views/mrp_production_views.xml b/addons/mrp/views/mrp_production_views.xml
index fb7ba53a845..c69d1974d1d 100644
--- a/addons/mrp/views/mrp_production_views.xml
+++ b/addons/mrp/views/mrp_production_views.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
                     <button name="button_scrap" type="object" string="Scrap" attrs="{'invisible': [('state', 'in', ('cancel'))]}"/>
                     <button name="button_unreserve" type="object" string="Unreserve" attrs="{'invisible': ['|', ('state', 'in', ['done', 'cancel']), ('availability', 'in', ['none', 'waiting'])]}"/>
                     <span class="label label-danger" attrs="{'invisible': ['|', ('availability', 'in', ('assigned', 'none')), ('state', 'not in', ('confirmed','progress'))]}">Raw materials not available!</span>
-                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="confirmed,progress,done" statusbar_colors='{"confirmed":"blue"}'/>
+                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="confirmed,progress,done"/>
                 </header>
                 <sheet>
                     <field name="post_visible" invisible="1"/>
diff --git a/addons/mrp/views/mrp_unbuild_views.xml b/addons/mrp/views/mrp_unbuild_views.xml
index da790faa50b..6769ddca8d4 100644
--- a/addons/mrp/views/mrp_unbuild_views.xml
+++ b/addons/mrp/views/mrp_unbuild_views.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
                 <form string="Unbuild Orders">
                     <header>
                         <button name="action_unbuild" string="Unbuild" type="object" states="draft" class="oe_highlight"/>
-                        <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,done" statusbar_colors="{&quot;draft&quot;:&quot;blue&quot;}"/>
+                        <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,done"/>
                     </header>
                     <sheet>
                         <div class="oe_button_box" name="button_box">
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/views/pos_order_view.xml b/addons/point_of_sale/views/pos_order_view.xml
index 07aa8d8cc6a..77b0c33642c 100644
--- a/addons/point_of_sale/views/pos_order_view.xml
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/views/pos_order_view.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                     <button name="action_invoice" string="Invoice" type="object" states="paid" attrs="{'readonly': [('partner_id','=',False)]}"/>
                     <button name="refund" string="Return Products" type="object"
                         attrs="{'invisible':[('state','=','draft')]}"/>
-                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,paid,done" statusbar_colors='{"cancel":"red"}'/>
+                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,paid,done" />
                 </header>
                 <sheet>
                 <div class="oe_button_box" name="button_box">
diff --git a/addons/stock/views/stock_move_views.xml b/addons/stock/views/stock_move_views.xml
index 4621cd07c65..a49dc87dd7c 100644
--- a/addons/stock/views/stock_move_views.xml
+++ b/addons/stock/views/stock_move_views.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <form string="Stock Moves">
                 <header>
-                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,confirmed,assigned,done" statusbar_colors='{"waiting":"blue","confirmed":"blue"}'/>
+                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,confirmed,assigned,done" />
                 </header>
                 <sheet>
                     <group>
diff --git a/addons/stock/views/stock_picking_views.xml b/addons/stock/views/stock_picking_views.xml
index 46ba9f30d61..03f2689d031 100644
--- a/addons/stock/views/stock_picking_views.xml
+++ b/addons/stock/views/stock_picking_views.xml
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
                             string="Reset Operations" type="object"/>
                     <field name="launch_pack_operations" invisible="1"/>
                     <button name="button_scrap" type="object" string="Scrap" attrs="{'invisible': ['|', ('state', 'in', ('draft', 'cancel')), '&amp;', ('picking_type_code', '=', 'incoming'), ('state', '!=', 'done')]}"/>
-                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,confirmed,partially_available,assigned,done" statusbar_colors='{"shipping_except":"red","invoice_except":"red","waiting_date":"blue"}'/>
+                    <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,confirmed,partially_available,assigned,done" />
                 </header>
                 <sheet>
                     <div class="oe_button_box" name="button_box">
diff --git a/addons/stock/views/stock_scrap_views.xml b/addons/stock/views/stock_scrap_views.xml
index f834acb7b71..b8bd7907442 100644
--- a/addons/stock/views/stock_scrap_views.xml
+++ b/addons/stock/views/stock_scrap_views.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <form string="Scrap">
                     <header>
-                        <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,done" statusbar_colors="{&quot;done&quot;:&quot;blue&quot;}"/>
+                        <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="draft,done" />
                     </header>
                     <sheet>
                         <div class="oe_button_box" name="button_box">
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.xml b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.xml
index 675272e6be3..fcdb91bff5f 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.xml
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
                         <button name="action_open" states="done"
                             string="Set as Todo" type="object"
                             icon="fa-exchange" class="oe_highlight"/>
-                        <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="open,done" nolabel="1" readonly="1" statusbar_colors='{"open":"red","done":"blue"}'/>
+                        <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="open,done" nolabel="1" readonly="1" />
                   </header>
                   <sheet>
                     <group col="4">
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/rng/view.rng b/openerp/addons/base/rng/view.rng
index 47414816afa..3276164b871 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/rng/view.rng
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/rng/view.rng
@@ -574,7 +574,6 @@
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="default_focus"/></rng:optional>
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="filters"/></rng:optional>
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="statusbar_visible"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="statusbar_colors"/></rng:optional>
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="can_create" /></rng:optional>
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="can_write" /></rng:optional>
             <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="interval" /></rng:optional>