diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js
index 94418b77..5f4f6e45 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js
@@ -300,10 +300,9 @@ MapController.prototype.instantiateTemplate = function(req, res, prepareParamsFn
             var templateHash = self.templateMaps.fingerPrint(mapConfigProvider.template).substring(0, 8);
             layergroup.layergroupid = cdbuser + '@' + templateHash + '@' + layergroup.layergroupid;
 
-            var _mapConfig = mapConfig.obj();
-            self.addDataviewsAndWidgetsUrls(cdbuser, layergroup, _mapConfig);
+            self.addDataviewsAndWidgetsUrls(cdbuser, layergroup, mapConfig.obj());
             self.addAnalysesMetadata(cdbuser, layergroup, mapConfigProvider.analysesResults);
-            addContextMetadata(layergroup, _mapConfig, mapConfigProvider.context);
+            addContextMetadata(layergroup, mapConfig.obj(), mapConfigProvider.context);
 
             res.set('X-Layergroup-Id', layergroup.layergroupid);
             self.surrogateKeysCache.tag(res, new NamedMapsCacheEntry(cdbuser, mapConfigProvider.getTemplateName()));