diff --git a/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js b/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
index 063e0572..b0040668 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
@@ -25,23 +25,6 @@ var CartodbWindshaft = function(serverOptions) {
 
     var cartoData = require('cartodb-redis')({pool: redisPool});
 
-    if(serverOptions.cache_enabled) {
-        console.log("cache invalidation enabled, varnish on ", serverOptions.varnish_host, ' ', serverOptions.varnish_port);
-        Cache.init(serverOptions.varnish_host, serverOptions.varnish_port, serverOptions.varnish_secret);
-        serverOptions.afterStateChange = function(req, data, callback) {
-            Cache.invalidate_db(req.params.dbname, req.params.table);
-            callback(null, data);
-        }
-    }
-
-    serverOptions.beforeStateChange = function(req, callback) {
-        var err = null;
-        if ( ! req.params.hasOwnProperty('_authorizedByApiKey') ) {
-          err = new Error("map state cannot be changed by unauthenticated request!");
-        }
-        callback(err, req);
-    };
-
     // This is for Templated maps
     //
     // "named" is the official, "template" is for backward compatibility up to 1.6.x