diff --git a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/base.js b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/base.js
index 29069d37..fb5f520e 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/base.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/base.js
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-var dot = require('dot');
-dot.templateSettings.strip = false;
-
 function BaseDataview() {}
 
 module.exports = BaseDataview;
@@ -43,15 +40,14 @@ var DATE_OIDS = {
     1184: true
 };
 
-var columnTypeQueryTpl = dot.template(
-    'SELECT pg_typeof({{=it.column}})::oid FROM ({{=it.query}}) _cdb_column_type limit 1'
-);
+var columnTypeQueryTpl = ctx => `SELECT pg_typeof(${ctx.column})::oid FROM (${ctx.query}) _cdb_column_type limit 1`;
 
 BaseDataview.prototype.getColumnType = function (psql, column, query, callback) {
     var readOnlyTransaction = true;
 
     var columnTypeQuery = columnTypeQueryTpl({
-        column: column, query: query
+        column: column,
+        query: query
     });
 
     psql.query(columnTypeQuery, function(err, result) {