diff --git a/lib/cartodb/backends/template_maps.js b/lib/cartodb/backends/template_maps.js
index 9ba54837..1151bc46 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/backends/template_maps.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/backends/template_maps.js
@@ -298,8 +298,6 @@ TemplateMaps.prototype.delTemplate = function(owner, tpl_id, callback) {
 //
 TemplateMaps.prototype.updTemplate = function(owner, tpl_id, template, callback) {
 
-    var self = this;
-
     template = templateDefaults(template);
 
     var invalidError = this._checkInvalidTemplate(template);
@@ -319,7 +317,7 @@ TemplateMaps.prototype.updTemplate = function(owner, tpl_id, template, callback)
     var previousTemplate = null;
 
 
-    self._redisCmd('HGET', [ userTemplatesKey, tpl_id ], (err, _currentTemplate) => {
+    this._redisCmd('HGET', [ userTemplatesKey, tpl_id ], (err, _currentTemplate) => {
         if (err) {
             return callback(err);
         }
@@ -329,7 +327,7 @@ TemplateMaps.prototype.updTemplate = function(owner, tpl_id, template, callback)
         }
 
         previousTemplate = _currentTemplate;
-        self._redisCmd('HSET', [ userTemplatesKey, templateName, JSON.stringify(template) ], (err, didSetNewField) => {
+        this._redisCmd('HSET', [ userTemplatesKey, templateName, JSON.stringify(template) ], (err, didSetNewField) => {
             if (err) {
                 return callback(err);
             }
@@ -338,8 +336,8 @@ TemplateMaps.prototype.updTemplate = function(owner, tpl_id, template, callback)
                 debug('New template created on update operation');
             }
 
-            if (self.fingerPrint(JSON.parse(previousTemplate)) !== self.fingerPrint(template)) {
-                self.emit('update', owner, templateName, template);
+            if (this.fingerPrint(JSON.parse(previousTemplate)) !== this.fingerPrint(template)) {
+                this.emit('update', owner, templateName, template);
             }
 
             return callback(err, template);