diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/etemplate2.js b/api/js/etemplate/etemplate2.js
index 590267e8dd..fe663ccdd7 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/etemplate2.js
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/etemplate2.js
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ var etemplate2 = /** @class */ (function () {
                     if (data['open_target'] && !uniqueId.match(data['open_target'])) {
                         uniqueId = data.DOMNodeID.replace('.', '-') + '-' + data['open_target'];
                     }
-                    var et2 = new etemplate2(node, data.data.menuaction, uniqueId);
+                    var et2 = new etemplate2(node, data.menuaction, uniqueId);
                     et2.load(data.name, data.url, data.data, null, null, null, data['fw-target']);
                     return true;
                 }
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/etemplate2.ts b/api/js/etemplate/etemplate2.ts
index 442db2ecfb..3efaca2dac 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/etemplate2.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/etemplate2.ts
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ export class etemplate2
 					{
 						uniqueId = data.DOMNodeID.replace('.', '-') + '-' + data['open_target'];
 					}
-					const et2 = new etemplate2(node, data.data.menuaction, uniqueId);
+					const et2 = new etemplate2(node, data.menuaction, uniqueId);
 					et2.load(data.name, data.url, data.data, null, null, null, data['fw-target']);
 					return true;
 				}
diff --git a/api/js/jsapi/egw.js b/api/js/jsapi/egw.js
index 8c3988c53b..8edf312612 100644
--- a/api/js/jsapi/egw.js
+++ b/api/js/jsapi/egw.js
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
 						}
 					});
 				}
-				var et2 = new etemplate2(node, data.data.menuaction);
+				var et2 = new etemplate2(node, "EGroupware\\Api\\Etemplate::ajax_process_content");
 				et2.load(data.name,data.url,data.data);
 				if (typeof data.response != 'undefined')
 				{
diff --git a/api/src/Etemplate.php b/api/src/Etemplate.php
index 4b6b0cfde2..fc95836631 100644
--- a/api/src/Etemplate.php
+++ b/api/src/Etemplate.php
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ class Etemplate extends Etemplate\Widget\Template
 			'validation_errors' => self::$validation_errors,
 			'langRequire' => array_values($langRequire),
 			'currentapp' => $currentapp,
-			'menuaction' => $method.(strpos($method, '::') !== false ? '::' : '.').'et2_process',
 		);
 
 		if (!empty($data['content']['nm']['rows']) && is_array($data['content']['nm']['rows']))
diff --git a/api/src/Json/Request.php b/api/src/Json/Request.php
index ad066ae753..f51ab822ba 100644
--- a/api/src/Json/Request.php
+++ b/api/src/Json/Request.php
@@ -159,9 +159,6 @@ class Request
 			case 'etemplate':	// eg. ajax code in an eTemplate widget
 				$menuaction = ($appName = 'etemplate').'.'.$className.'.'.$functionName;
 				break;
-			case 'et2_process':
-				$menuaction = ($className=Api\Etemplate::class).'::'.($functionName='ajax_process_content');
-				break;
 			case 'template':	// calling current template / framework object
 				$menuaction = $appName.'.'.$className.'.'.$functionName;
 				$className = get_class($GLOBALS['egw']->framework);