diff --git a/lib/cartodb/middleware/context/authorize.js b/lib/cartodb/middleware/context/authorize.js
index 65bed758..439b4418 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/middleware/context/authorize.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/middleware/context/authorize.js
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ const _ = require('underscore');
 
 module.exports = function authorizeMiddleware (authApi) {
     return function (req, res, next) {
-        // bring all query values onto req.params object
-        _.extend(req.params, req.query);
-
         // FIXME: Temporary hack to share data between middlewares. Express overrides req.params to
         // parse url params to an object and it's performed after matching path and controller.
         req.locals = {};
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/middleware/context/clean-up-query-params.js b/lib/cartodb/middleware/context/clean-up-query-params.js
index d756396c..7b0b56eb 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/middleware/context/clean-up-query-params.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/middleware/context/clean-up-query-params.js
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ module.exports = function cleanUpQueryParamsMiddleware () {
         // bring all query values onto req.params object
         _.extend(req.params, req.query);
 
-        // FIXME: Temporary hack to share data between middlewares. Express overrides req.params to
-        // parse url params to an object and it's performed after matching path and controller.
-        req.locals = {};
-        _.extend(req.locals, req.params);
-
         next();
     };
 };