diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/analyses.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/analyses.js
index 7aabc11b..ffc0bea1 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/analyses.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/analyses.js
@@ -3,21 +3,13 @@ var assert = require('assert');
 var dot = require('dot');
 dot.templateSettings.strip = false;
 var PSQL = require('cartodb-psql');
-
-var util = require('util');
-var BaseController = require('./base');
-
 var cors = require('../middleware/cors');
 var userMiddleware = require('../middleware/user');
 
-
 function AnalysesController(prepareContext) {
-    BaseController.call(this);
     this.prepareContext = prepareContext;
 }
 
-util.inherits(AnalysesController, BaseController);
-
 module.exports = AnalysesController;
 
 AnalysesController.prototype.register = function(app) {
@@ -30,9 +22,16 @@ AnalysesController.prototype.register = function(app) {
     );
 };
 
-AnalysesController.prototype.sendResponse = function(req, res, resource) {
+AnalysesController.prototype.sendResponse = function(req, res, body) {
     res.set('Cache-Control', 'public,max-age=10,must-revalidate');
-    this.send(req, res, resource, 200);
+
+    res.status(200);
+
+    if (req.query && req.query.callback) {
+        res.jsonp(body);
+    } else {
+        res.json(body);
+    }
 };
 
 AnalysesController.prototype.catalog = function (req, res, next) {
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b9c6ac1e..00000000
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-function BaseController() {
-}
-
-module.exports = BaseController;
-
-BaseController.prototype.send = function(req, res, body, status, headers) {
-    if (headers) {
-        res.set(headers);
-    }
-
-    res.status(status);
-
-    if (!Buffer.isBuffer(body) && typeof body === 'object') {
-        if (req.query && req.query.callback) {
-            res.jsonp(body);
-        } else {
-            res.json(body);
-        }
-    } else {
-        res.send(body);
-    }
-};
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/layergroup.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/layergroup.js
index c5e4c53a..dc6f85ff 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/layergroup.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/layergroup.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 var assert = require('assert');
 var step = require('step');
 
-var util = require('util');
-var BaseController = require('./base');
-
 var cors = require('../middleware/cors');
 var userMiddleware = require('../middleware/user');
 var allowQueryParams = require('../middleware/allow-query-params');
@@ -30,8 +27,6 @@ var QueryTables = require('cartodb-query-tables');
  */
 function LayergroupController(prepareContext, pgConnection, mapStore, tileBackend, previewBackend, attributesBackend,
                               surrogateKeysCache, userLimitsApi, layergroupAffectedTables, analysisBackend) {
-    BaseController.call(this);
-
     this.pgConnection = pgConnection;
     this.mapStore = mapStore;
     this.tileBackend = tileBackend;
@@ -47,8 +42,6 @@ function LayergroupController(prepareContext, pgConnection, mapStore, tileBacken
     this.prepareContext = prepareContext;
 }
 
-util.inherits(LayergroupController, BaseController);
-
 module.exports = LayergroupController;
 
 LayergroupController.prototype.register = function(app) {
@@ -422,7 +415,22 @@ LayergroupController.prototype.sendResponse = function(req, res, body, status, h
                 res.set('X-Cache-Channel', affectedTables.getCacheChannel());
                 self.surrogateKeysCache.tag(res, affectedTables);
             }
-            self.send(req, res, body, status, headers);
+
+            if (headers) {
+                res.set(headers);
+            }
+
+            res.status(status);
+
+            if (!Buffer.isBuffer(body) && typeof body === 'object') {
+                if (req.query && req.query.callback) {
+                    res.jsonp(body);
+                } else {
+                    res.json(body);
+                }
+            } else {
+                res.send(body);
+            }
         }
     );
 
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js
index f2e86d13..d1f67813 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ var QueryTables = require('cartodb-query-tables');
 
 var ResourceLocator = require('../models/resource-locator');
 
-var util = require('util');
-var BaseController = require('./base');
-
 var cors = require('../middleware/cors');
 var userMiddleware = require('../middleware/user');
 
@@ -36,9 +33,6 @@ var CreateLayergroupMapConfigProvider = require('../models/mapconfig/provider/cr
 function MapController(prepareContext, pgConnection, templateMaps, mapBackend, metadataBackend,
                        surrogateKeysCache, userLimitsApi, layergroupAffectedTables, mapConfigAdapter,
                        statsBackend) {
-
-    BaseController.call(this);
-
     this.pgConnection = pgConnection;
     this.templateMaps = templateMaps;
     this.mapBackend = mapBackend;
@@ -54,11 +48,8 @@ function MapController(prepareContext, pgConnection, templateMaps, mapBackend, m
     this.prepareContext = prepareContext;
 }
 
-util.inherits(MapController, BaseController);
-
 module.exports = MapController;
 
-
 MapController.prototype.register = function(app) {
     app.get(
         app.base_url_mapconfig,
@@ -181,7 +172,7 @@ MapController.prototype.create = function(req, res, prepareConfigFn, next) {
             var datasource = context.datasource || Datasource.EmptyDatasource();
             mapConfig = new MapConfig(requestMapConfig, datasource);
             self.mapBackend.createLayergroup(
-                mapConfig, 
+                mapConfig,
                 res.locals,
                 new CreateLayergroupMapConfigProvider(mapConfig, res.locals.user, self.userLimitsApi, res.locals),
                 this
@@ -294,7 +285,13 @@ MapController.prototype.instantiateTemplate = function(req, res, prepareParamsFn
                 res.set('X-Layergroup-Id', layergroup.layergroupid);
                 self.surrogateKeysCache.tag(res, new NamedMapsCacheEntry(cdbuser, mapConfigProvider.getTemplateName()));
 
-                self.send(req, res, layergroup, 200);
+                res.status(200);
+
+                if (req.query && req.query.callback) {
+                    res.jsonp(layergroup);
+                } else {
+                    res.json(layergroup);
+                }
             }
         }
     );
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
index 759ae4b6..55790bbf 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
@@ -3,17 +3,12 @@ var assert = require('assert');
 var _ = require('underscore');
 var NamedMapsCacheEntry = require('../cache/model/named_maps_entry');
 
-var util = require('util');
-var BaseController = require('./base');
-
 var cors = require('../middleware/cors');
 var userMiddleware = require('../middleware/user');
 var allowQueryParams = require('../middleware/allow-query-params');
 
 function NamedMapsController(prepareContext, namedMapProviderCache, tileBackend, previewBackend,
                              surrogateKeysCache, tablesExtentApi, metadataBackend) {
-    BaseController.call(this);
-
     this.namedMapProviderCache = namedMapProviderCache;
     this.tileBackend = tileBackend;
     this.previewBackend = previewBackend;
@@ -23,8 +18,6 @@ function NamedMapsController(prepareContext, namedMapProviderCache, tileBackend,
     this.prepareContext = prepareContext;
 }
 
-util.inherits(NamedMapsController, BaseController);
-
 module.exports = NamedMapsController;
 
 NamedMapsController.prototype.register = function(app) {
@@ -46,7 +39,7 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.register = function(app) {
     );
 };
 
-NamedMapsController.prototype.sendResponse = function(req, res, resource, headers, namedMapProvider) {
+NamedMapsController.prototype.sendResponse = function(req, res, body, headers, namedMapProvider) {
     this.surrogateKeysCache.tag(res, new NamedMapsCacheEntry(res.locals.user, namedMapProvider.getTemplateName()));
     res.set('Content-Type', headers['content-type'] || headers['Content-Type'] || 'image/png');
     res.set('Cache-Control', 'public,max-age=7200,must-revalidate');
@@ -79,7 +72,8 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.sendResponse = function(req, res, resource, header
                     self.surrogateKeysCache.tag(res, result);
                 }
             }
-            self.send(req, res, resource, 200);
+            res.status(200);
+            res.send(body);
         }
     );
 };
@@ -143,7 +137,7 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.staticMap = function(req, res, next) {
             assert.ifError(err);
 
             namedMapProvider = _namedMapProvider;
- 
+
             self.prepareLayerFilterFromPreviewLayers(cdbUser, req, res.locals, namedMapProvider, this);
         },
         function prepareImageOptions(err) {
@@ -192,10 +186,10 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.staticMap = function(req, res, next) {
 };
 
 NamedMapsController.prototype.prepareLayerFilterFromPreviewLayers = function (
-    user, 
-    req, 
-    params, 
-    namedMapProvider, 
+    user,
+    req,
+    params,
+    namedMapProvider,
     callback
 ) {
     var self = this;
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps_admin.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps_admin.js
index ae57ada3..0f54ddf3 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps_admin.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps_admin.js
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ var step = require('step');
 var assert = require('assert');
 var templateName = require('../backends/template_maps').templateName;
 
-var util = require('util');
-var BaseController = require('./base');
-
 var cors = require('../middleware/cors');
 var userMiddleware = require('../middleware/user');
 
@@ -16,14 +13,10 @@ var userMiddleware = require('../middleware/user');
  * @constructor
  */
 function NamedMapsAdminController(authApi, templateMaps) {
-    BaseController.call(this);
-
     this.authApi = authApi;
     this.templateMaps = templateMaps;
 }
 
-util.inherits(NamedMapsAdminController, BaseController);
-
 module.exports = NamedMapsAdminController;
 
 NamedMapsAdminController.prototype.register = function (app) {
@@ -206,12 +199,18 @@ NamedMapsAdminController.prototype.list = function(req, res, next) {
 };
 
 function finishFn(controller, req, res, description, status, next) {
-    return function finish(err, response){
+    return function finish(err, body){
         if (err) {
             err.label = description;
             next(err);
         } else {
-            controller.send(req, res, response, status || 200);
+            res.status(status || 200);
+
+            if (req.query && req.query.callback) {
+                res.jsonp(body);
+            } else {
+                res.json(body);
+            }
         }
     };
 }