diff --git a/lib/cartodb/backends/turbo-carto-postgres-datasource.js b/lib/cartodb/backends/turbo-carto-postgres-datasource.js
index 848e5902..fa033a42 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/backends/turbo-carto-postgres-datasource.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/backends/turbo-carto-postgres-datasource.js
@@ -32,14 +32,9 @@ methodTemplates.category = dot.template([
     '  ORDER BY 2 DESC',
     '),',
     'agg_categories AS (',
-    '  SELECT \'__other\' category',
+    '  SELECT category',
     '  FROM categories',
-    '  WHERE rank >= {{=it._buckets}}',
-    '  GROUP BY 1',
-    '  UNION ALL',
-    '  SELECT CAST(category AS text)',
-    '  FROM categories',
-    '  WHERE rank < {{=it._buckets}}',
+    '  WHERE rank <= {{=it._buckets}}',
     ')',
     'SELECT array_agg(category) AS category FROM agg_categories'
 ].join('\n'));