diff --git a/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js b/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
index 6488549f..03029c46 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ if ( ! process.env['PGAPPNAME'] )
   process.env['PGAPPNAME']='cartodb_tiler';
 
 var CartodbWindshaft = function(serverOptions) {
-   var debug = global.environment.debug;
-
     // Perform keyword substitution in statsd
     // See https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/issues/153
     if ( global.environment.statsd ) {
@@ -222,142 +220,6 @@ var CartodbWindshaft = function(serverOptions) {
       );
     };
 
-    // Instantiate a template
-    function instanciateTemplate(req, res, template_params, callback) {
-      ws.doCORS(res);
-      var that = this;
-      var response = {};
-      var template;
-      var signedMaps = serverOptions.signedMaps;
-      var layergroup;
-      var layergroupid;
-      var fakereq; // used for call to createLayergroup
-      var cdbuser = ws.userByReq(req);
-      // Format of template_id: [<template_owner>]@<template_id>
-      var tpl_id = req.params.template_id.split('@');
-      if ( tpl_id.length > 1 ) {
-        if ( tpl_id[0] && tpl_id[0] != cdbuser ) {
-          var err = new Error('Cannot instanciate map of user "'
-                              + tpl_id[0] + '" on database of user "'
-                              + cdbuser + '"');
-          err.http_status = 403;
-          callback(err);
-          return;
-        }
-        tpl_id = tpl_id[1];
-      }
-      var auth_token = req.query.auth_token;
-      Step(
-        function getTemplate(){
-          templateMaps.getTemplate(cdbuser, tpl_id, this);
-        },
-        function checkAuthorized(err, data) {
-          if ( req.profiler ) req.profiler.done('getTemplate');
-          if ( err ) throw err;
-          if ( ! data ) {
-            err = new Error("Template '" + tpl_id + "' of user '" + cdbuser + "' not found");
-            err.http_status = 404;
-            throw err;
-          }
-          template = data;
-          var cert = templateMaps.getTemplateCertificate(template);
-          var authorized = false;
-          try {
-            // authorizedByCert will throw if unauthorized
-            authorized = signedMaps.authorizedByCert(cert, auth_token);
-          } catch (err) {
-            // we catch to add http_status
-            err.http_status = 403;
-            throw err;
-          }
-          if ( ! authorized ) {
-            err = new Error('Unauthorized template instanciation');
-            err.http_status = 403;
-            throw err;
-          }
-          /*if ( (! req.headers['content-type'] || req.headers['content-type'].split(';')[0] != 'application/json') && req.query.callback === undefined) {
-            throw new Error('template POST data must be of type application/json, it is instead ');
-          }*/
-          //var template_params = req.body;
-          if ( req.profiler ) req.profiler.done('authorizedByCert');
-          return templateMaps.instance(template, template_params);
-        },
-        function prepareParams(err, instance){
-          if ( req.profiler ) req.profiler.done('TemplateMaps_instance');
-          if ( err ) throw err;
-          layergroup = instance;
-          fakereq = { query: {}, params: {}, headers: _.clone(req.headers),
-            method: req.method,
-            res: res,
-            profiler: req.profiler
-          };
-          ws.setDBParams(cdbuser, fakereq.params, this);
-        },
-        function setApiKey(err){
-          if ( req.profiler ) req.profiler.done('setDBParams');
-          if ( err ) throw err;
-          cartoData.getUserMapKey(cdbuser, this);
-        },
-        function createLayergroup(err, val) {
-          if ( req.profiler ) req.profiler.done('getUserMapKey');
-          if ( err ) throw err;
-          fakereq.params.api_key = val;
-          ws.createLayergroup(layergroup, fakereq, this);
-        },
-        function signLayergroup(err, resp) {
-          // NOTE: createLayergroup uses profiler.start()/end() internally
-          //if ( req.profiler ) req.profiler.done('createLayergroup');
-          if ( err ) throw err;
-          response = resp;
-          var signer = cdbuser;
-          var map_id = response.layergroupid.split(':')[0]; // dropping last_updated 
-          var crt_id = template.auth_id; // check ?
-          if ( ! crt_id ) {
-            var errmsg = "Template '" + tpl_id + "' of user '" + cdbuser + "' has no signature";
-            // Is this really illegal ?
-            // Maybe we could just return an unsigned layergroupid
-            // in this case...
-            err = new Error(errmsg);
-            err.http_status = 403; // Forbidden, we refuse to respond to this
-            throw err;
-          }
-          signedMaps.signMap(signer, map_id, crt_id, this);
-        },
-        function prepareResponse(err) {
-          if ( req.profiler ) req.profiler.done('signMap');
-          if ( err ) throw err;
-          //console.log("Response from createLayergroup: "); console.dir(response);
-          // Add the signature part to the token!
-          var tplhash = templateMaps.fingerPrint(template).substring(0,8);
-          if ( req.profiler ) req.profiler.done('fingerPrint');
-          response.layergroupid = cdbuser + '@' + tplhash + '@' + response.layergroupid;
-          return response;
-        },
-        callback
-      );
-    }
-
-    function finish_instanciation(err, response, res, req) {
-        if ( req.profiler ) {
-          res.header('X-Tiler-Profiler', req.profiler.toJSONString());
-        }
-        if (err) {
-            var statusCode = 400;
-            response = { error: ''+err };
-            if ( ! _.isUndefined(err.http_status) ) {
-              statusCode = err.http_status;
-            }
-            if(debug) {
-              response.stack = err.stack;
-            }
-            ws.sendError(res, response, statusCode, 'POST INSTANCE TEMPLATE', err);
-        } else {
-          ws.sendResponse(res, [response, 200]);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    // ---- Template maps interface ends @}
 
     var healthCheck = new HealthCheck(cartoData, Windshaft.tilelive);
     ws.get('/health', function(req, res) {