diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index ce7e7d92..9a9f27c4 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 Released 2015-mm-dd
 
+Bug fixes:
+ - Do not check statsd_client in profiler
+
+Announcements:
+ - Upgrades windshaft to [0.42.1](https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft/releases/tag/0.42.1)
+
 
 ## 2.1.1
 
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/template_maps.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/template_maps.js
index bfc00f33..be2022a8 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/template_maps.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/template_maps.js
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ TemplateMapsController.prototype.create = function(req, res) {
             return { template_id: cdbuser + '@' + tpl_id };
         },
         function finish(err, response){
-            if ( req.profiler ) {
-                res.header('X-Tiler-Profiler', req.profiler.toJSONString());
-            }
             if (err){
                 response = { error: ''+err };
                 var statusCode = 400;
@@ -115,9 +112,6 @@ TemplateMapsController.prototype.update = function(req, res) {
             return { template_id: cdbuser + '@' + tpl_id };
         },
         function finish(err, response){
-            if ( req.profiler ) {
-                res.header('X-Tiler-Profiler', req.profiler.toJSONString());
-            }
             if (err){
                 var statusCode = 400;
                 response = { error: ''+err };
@@ -136,7 +130,7 @@ TemplateMapsController.prototype.update = function(req, res) {
 TemplateMapsController.prototype.retrieve = function(req, res) {
     var self = this;
 
-    if ( req.profiler && req.profiler.statsd_client ) {
+    if (req.profiler) {
         req.profiler.start('windshaft-cartodb.get_template');
     }
 
@@ -198,7 +192,7 @@ TemplateMapsController.prototype.retrieve = function(req, res) {
 TemplateMapsController.prototype.destroy = function(req, res) {
     var self = this;
 
-    if ( req.profiler && req.profiler.statsd_client ) {
+    if (req.profiler) {
         req.profiler.start('windshaft-cartodb.delete_template');
     }
     this.app.doCORS(res);
@@ -250,8 +244,7 @@ TemplateMapsController.prototype.destroy = function(req, res) {
 // Get a list of owned templates
 TemplateMapsController.prototype.list = function(req, res) {
     var self = this;
-
-    if ( req.profiler && req.profiler.statsd_client ) {
+    if ( req.profiler ) {
         req.profiler.start('windshaft-cartodb.get_template_list');
     }
     this.app.doCORS(res);
@@ -295,7 +288,7 @@ TemplateMapsController.prototype.list = function(req, res) {
 TemplateMapsController.prototype.instantiate = function(req, res) {
     var self = this;
 
-    if ( req.profiler && req.profiler.statsd_client) {
+    if (req.profiler) {
         req.profiler.start('windshaft-cartodb.instance_template_post');
     }
     step(
@@ -305,7 +298,7 @@ TemplateMapsController.prototype.instantiate = function(req, res) {
             }
             self.instantiateTemplate(req, res, req.body, this);
         }, function(err, response) {
-            self.finish_instantiation(err, response, res, req);
+            self.finish_instantiation(err, response, res);
         }
     );
 };
@@ -322,7 +315,7 @@ TemplateMapsController.prototype.options = function(req, res, next) {
 TemplateMapsController.prototype.jsonp = function(req, res) {
     var self = this;
 
-    if ( req.profiler && req.profiler.statsd_client) {
+    if (req.profiler) {
         req.profiler.start('windshaft-cartodb.instance_template_get');
     }
     step(
@@ -340,7 +333,7 @@ TemplateMapsController.prototype.jsonp = function(req, res) {
             }
             self.instantiateTemplate(req, res, config, this);
         }, function(err, response) {
-            self.finish_instantiation(err, response, res, req);
+            self.finish_instantiation(err, response, res);
         }
     );
 };
@@ -447,19 +440,13 @@ TemplateMapsController.prototype.instantiateTemplate = function(req, res, templa
     );
 };
 
-TemplateMapsController.prototype.finish_instantiation = function(err, response, res, req) {
-    if ( req.profiler ) {
-        res.header('X-Tiler-Profiler', req.profiler.toJSONString());
-    }
+TemplateMapsController.prototype.finish_instantiation = function(err, response, res) {
     if (err) {
         var statusCode = 400;
         response = { error: ''+err };
         if ( ! _.isUndefined(err.http_status) ) {
             statusCode = err.http_status;
         }
-        if(global.environment.debug) {
-            response.stack = err.stack;
-        }
         this.app.sendError(res, response, statusCode, 'POST INSTANCE TEMPLATE', err);
     } else {
         this.app.sendResponse(res, [response, 200]);
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 68fa6777..28bcd6ab 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/underscore/-/underscore-1.6.0.tgz"
     },
     "windshaft": {
-      "version": "0.42.0",
-      "from": "windshaft@0.42.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/windshaft/-/windshaft-0.42.0.tgz",
+      "version": "0.42.1",
+      "from": "windshaft@0.42.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/windshaft/-/windshaft-0.42.1.tgz",
       "dependencies": {
         "chronograph": {
           "version": "0.1.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c580f69e..1aa4fe19 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "underscore"  : "~1.6.0",
         "dot": "~1.0.2",
-        "windshaft": "0.42.0",
+        "windshaft": "0.42.1",
         "step": "~0.0.5",
         "queue-async": "~1.0.7",
         "request": "~2.9.203",