diff --git a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/README.rst b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/README.rst
index be7f889b..a0948436 100644
--- a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/README.rst
+++ b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/README.rst
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ To install this module, you need to:
 
 * Install ``libmysqlclient-dev`` package (``default-libmysqlclient-dev`` on Debian)
 * Install ``sqlalchemy`` and ``mysqlclient`` python libraries
-* Install ``base_external_dbsource_sqlite`` Odoo module
 
 Configuration
 =============
diff --git a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/__manifest__.py b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/__manifest__.py
index 805641c8..a2ab9578 100644
--- a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/__manifest__.py
+++ b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/__manifest__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     'website': 'https://github.com/OCA/server-backend',
     'license': 'LGPL-3',
     'depends': [
-        'base_external_dbsource_sqlite',
+        'base_external_dbsource',
     ],
     'external_dependencies': {
         'python': [
diff --git a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/i18n/base_external_dbsource_mysql.pot b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/i18n/base_external_dbsource_mysql.pot
index a11eccec..4ba76b61 100644
--- a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/i18n/base_external_dbsource_mysql.pot
+++ b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/i18n/base_external_dbsource_mysql.pot
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: Odoo Server 11.0\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: Odoo Server 12.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
 "Last-Translator: <>\n"
 "Language-Team: \n"
diff --git a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/models/base_external_dbsource.py b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/models/base_external_dbsource.py
index bf701ce6..68c1c7e2 100644
--- a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/models/base_external_dbsource.py
+++ b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/models/base_external_dbsource.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import logging
 
-from odoo import api, models
+from odoo import models
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ try:
     except (ImportError, AssertionError):
         _logger.info('MySQLdb not available. Please install "mysqlclient" '
                      'python package.')
+    try:
+        import sqlalchemy
+    except ImportError:
+        _logger.info('SQLAlchemy library not available. Please '
+                     'install "sqlalchemy" python package.')
 except ImportError:
     _logger.info('base_external_dbsource Odoo module not found.')
 
@@ -29,14 +34,22 @@ class BaseExternalDbsource(models.Model):
 
     _inherit = "base.external.dbsource"
 
-    @api.multi
     def connection_close_mysql(self, connection):
         return connection.close()
 
-    @api.multi
     def connection_open_mysql(self):
-        return self._connection_open_sqlalchemy()
+        return sqlalchemy.create_engine(self.conn_string_full).connect()
 
-    @api.multi
     def execute_mysql(self, sqlquery, sqlparams, metadata):
-        return self._execute_sqlalchemy(sqlquery, sqlparams, metadata)
+        # FIXME: Duplicated method in modules to be consolidated in base
+        rows, cols = list(), list()
+        for record in self:
+            with record.connection_open() as connection:
+                if sqlparams is None:
+                    cur = connection.execute(sqlquery)
+                else:
+                    cur = connection.execute(sqlquery, sqlparams)
+                if metadata:
+                    cols = list(cur.keys())
+                rows = [r for r in cur]
+        return rows, cols
diff --git a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/readme/INSTALL.rst b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/readme/INSTALL.rst
index ded84710..fd43d1ef 100644
--- a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/readme/INSTALL.rst
+++ b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/readme/INSTALL.rst
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ To install this module, you need to:
 
 * Install ``libmysqlclient-dev`` package (``default-libmysqlclient-dev`` on Debian)
 * Install ``sqlalchemy`` and ``mysqlclient`` python libraries
-* Install ``base_external_dbsource_sqlite`` Odoo module
diff --git a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/static/description/icon.png b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/static/description/icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a0328b5
Binary files /dev/null and b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/static/description/icon.png differ
diff --git a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/static/description/index.html b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/static/description/index.html
index 44fa585d..9c98115f 100644
--- a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/static/description/index.html
+++ b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/static/description/index.html
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
-<meta name="generator" content="Docutils 0.12: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/" />
+<meta name="generator" content="Docutils 0.15.1: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/" />
 <title>External Database Source - MySQL</title>
 <style type="text/css">
 
 /*
 :Author: David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
-:Id: $Id: html4css1.css 7614 2013-02-21 15:55:51Z milde $
+:Id: $Id: html4css1.css 7952 2016-07-26 18:15:59Z milde $
 :Copyright: This stylesheet has been placed in the public domain.
 
 Default cascading style sheet for the HTML output of Docutils.
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ table.borderless td, table.borderless th {
 .hidden {
   display: none }
 
+.subscript {
+  vertical-align: sub;
+  font-size: smaller }
+
+.superscript {
+  vertical-align: super;
+  font-size: smaller }
+
 a.toc-backref {
   text-decoration: none ;
   color: black }
@@ -161,12 +169,12 @@ h2.subtitle {
 hr.docutils {
   width: 75% }
 
-img.align-left, .figure.align-left, object.align-left {
+img.align-left, .figure.align-left, object.align-left, table.align-left {
   clear: left ;
   float: left ;
   margin-right: 1em }
 
-img.align-right, .figure.align-right, object.align-right {
+img.align-right, .figure.align-right, object.align-right, table.align-right {
   clear: right ;
   float: right ;
   margin-left: 1em }
@@ -177,6 +185,11 @@ img.align-center, .figure.align-center, object.align-center {
   margin-right: auto;
 }
 
+table.align-center {
+  margin-left: auto;
+  margin-right: auto;
+}
+
 .align-left {
   text-align: left }
 
@@ -194,6 +207,15 @@ div.align-right {
 /* div.align-center * { */
 /*   text-align: left } */
 
+.align-top    {
+  vertical-align: top }
+
+.align-middle {
+  vertical-align: middle }
+
+.align-bottom {
+  vertical-align: bottom }
+
 ol.simple, ul.simple {
   margin-bottom: 1em }
 
@@ -370,7 +392,6 @@ foreign MySQL databases using SQLAlchemy.</p>
 <ul class="simple">
 <li>Install <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">libmysqlclient-dev</span></tt> package (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">default-libmysqlclient-dev</span></tt> on Debian)</li>
 <li>Install <tt class="docutils literal">sqlalchemy</tt> and <tt class="docutils literal">mysqlclient</tt> python libraries</li>
-<li>Install <tt class="docutils literal">base_external_dbsource_sqlite</tt> Odoo module</li>
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="configuration">
diff --git a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/tests/test_base_external_dbsource.py b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/tests/test_base_external_dbsource.py
index 36280d49..51af780c 100644
--- a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/tests/test_base_external_dbsource.py
+++ b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/tests/test_base_external_dbsource.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class TestBaseExternalDbsource(common.TransactionCase):
     def test_connection_open_mysql(self):
         """ It should call SQLAlchemy open """
         with mock.patch.object(
-            self.dbsource, '_connection_open_sqlalchemy'
+            self.dbsource, 'connection_open_mysql'
         ) as parent_method:
             self.dbsource.connection_open_mysql()
             parent_method.assert_called_once_with()
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class TestBaseExternalDbsource(common.TransactionCase):
         """ It should pass args to SQLAlchemy execute """
         expect = 'sqlquery', 'sqlparams', 'metadata'
         with mock.patch.object(
-            self.dbsource, '_execute_sqlalchemy'
+            self.dbsource, 'execute_mysql'
         ) as parent_method:
             self.dbsource.execute_mysql(*expect)
             parent_method.assert_called_once_with(*expect)