diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tinymce.service.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tinymce.service.js
index 3273b8a2fb..e4d2b09e94 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tinymce.service.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/tinymce.service.js
@@ -1441,7 +1441,8 @@ function tinyMceService($rootScope, $q, imageHelper, $locale, $http, $timeout, s
             // Then we need to add an event listener to the editor
             // That will update native browser drag & drop events
             // To update the icon to show you can NOT drop something into the editor
-            var toolbarItems = args.editor.settings.toolbar.split(" ");
+            
+            var toolbarItems = args.editor.settings.toolbar === false ? [] : args.editor.settings.toolbar.split(" ");
             if(isMediaPickerEnabled(toolbarItems) === false){
                 // Wire up the event listener
                 args.editor.on('dragend dragover draggesture dragdrop drop drag', function (e) {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/rte/rte.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/rte/rte.controller.js
index 1b7a96309a..de93b8470a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/rte/rte.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/rte/rte.controller.js
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ angular.module("umbraco")
               
                 Utilities.extend(baseLineConfigObj, standardConfig);
 
+                // Readonly mode
+                baseLineConfigObj.toolbar = $scope.readonly ? false : baseLineConfigObj.toolbar;
+                baseLineConfigObj.readonly = $scope.readonly ? 1 : baseLineConfigObj.readonly;
+
                 // We need to wait for DOM to have rendered before we can find the element by ID.
                 $timeout(function () {
                     tinymce.init(baseLineConfigObj);