diff --git a/lib/cartodb/api/overviews_api.js b/lib/cartodb/api/overviews_api.js
index 305d6422..98ac4881 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/api/overviews_api.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/api/overviews_api.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // TODO: use pgQueryRunner parameter directly
-function OverviewsApi(queryTablesApi) {
-   this.pgQueryRunner = queryTablesApi.pgQueryRunner;
+function OverviewsApi(pgQueryRunner) {
+   this.pgQueryRunner = pgQueryRunner;
 }
 
 module.exports = OverviewsApi;
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js
index 803f5768..ba06a48f 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ var TablesCacheEntry = require('../cache/model/database_tables_entry');
 var MapConfigNamedLayersAdapter = require('../models/mapconfig_named_layers_adapter');
 var NamedMapMapConfigProvider = require('../models/mapconfig/named_map_provider');
 var CreateLayergroupMapConfigProvider = require('../models/mapconfig/create_layergroup_provider');
-var OverviewsApi = require('../api/overviews_api');
 var MapConfigOverviewsAdapter = require('../models/mapconfig_overviews_adapter');
 
 /**
@@ -33,7 +32,8 @@ var MapConfigOverviewsAdapter = require('../models/mapconfig_overviews_adapter')
  * @param {LayergroupAffectedTables} layergroupAffectedTables
  * @constructor
  */
-function MapController(authApi, pgConnection, templateMaps, mapBackend, metadataBackend, queryTablesApi,
+function MapController(authApi, pgConnection, templateMaps, mapBackend, metadataBackend,
+                       queryTablesApi, overviewsApi,
                        surrogateKeysCache, userLimitsApi, layergroupAffectedTables) {
 
     BaseController.call(this, authApi, pgConnection);
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function MapController(authApi, pgConnection, templateMaps, mapBackend, metadata
     this.mapBackend = mapBackend;
     this.metadataBackend = metadataBackend;
     this.queryTablesApi = queryTablesApi;
-    this.overviewsApi = new OverviewsApi(this.queryTablesApi);
+    this.overviewsApi = overviewsApi;
     this.surrogateKeysCache = surrogateKeysCache;
     this.userLimitsApi = userLimitsApi;
     this.layergroupAffectedTables = layergroupAffectedTables;
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/server.js b/lib/cartodb/server.js
index f4205676..0a1f92af 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/server.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/server.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ var mapnik = windshaft.mapnik;
 
 var TemplateMaps = require('./backends/template_maps.js');
 var QueryTablesApi = require('./api/query_tables_api');
+var OverviewsApi = require('./api/overviews_api');
 var UserLimitsApi = require('./api/user_limits_api');
 var AuthApi = require('./api/auth_api');
 var LayergroupAffectedTablesCache = require('./cache/layergroup_affected_tables');
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ module.exports = function(serverOptions) {
     var pgConnection = new PgConnection(metadataBackend);
     var pgQueryRunner = new PgQueryRunner(pgConnection);
     var queryTablesApi = new QueryTablesApi(pgQueryRunner);
+    var overviewsApi = new OverviewsApi(pgQueryRunner);
     var userLimitsApi = new UserLimitsApi(metadataBackend, {
         limits: {
             cacheOnTimeout: serverOptions.renderer.mapnik.limits.cacheOnTimeout || false,
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ module.exports = function(serverOptions) {
         mapBackend,
         metadataBackend,
         queryTablesApi,
+        overviewsApi,
         surrogateKeysCache,
         userLimitsApi,
         layergroupAffectedTablesCache
diff --git a/test/integration/mapconfig_overviews_adapter.js b/test/integration/mapconfig_overviews_adapter.js
index e6178d1b..b7d95cfc 100644
--- a/test/integration/mapconfig_overviews_adapter.js
+++ b/test/integration/mapconfig_overviews_adapter.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ var RedisPool = require('redis-mpool');
 var cartodbRedis = require('cartodb-redis');
 var PgConnection = require(__dirname + '/../../lib/cartodb/backends/pg_connection');
 var PgQueryRunner = require('../../lib/cartodb/backends/pg_query_runner');
-var QueryTablesApi = require('../../lib/cartodb/api/query_tables_api');
 var OverviewsApi = require('../../lib/cartodb/api/overviews_api');
 var MapConfigOverviewsAdapter = require('../../lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig_overviews_adapter');
 
@@ -18,8 +17,7 @@ var redisPool = new RedisPool(global.environment.redis);
 var metadataBackend = cartodbRedis({pool: redisPool});
 var pgConnection = new PgConnection(metadataBackend);
 var pgQueryRunner = new PgQueryRunner(pgConnection);
-var queryTablesApi = new QueryTablesApi(pgQueryRunner);
-var overviewsApi = new OverviewsApi(queryTablesApi);
+var overviewsApi = new OverviewsApi(pgQueryRunner);
 
 
 var mapConfigOverviewsAdapter = new MapConfigOverviewsAdapter(overviewsApi);
diff --git a/test/integration/overviews-api.js b/test/integration/overviews-api.js
index c7dface6..0d28f050 100644
--- a/test/integration/overviews-api.js
+++ b/test/integration/overviews-api.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe('OverviewsApi', function() {
         var pgConnection = new PgConnection(metadataBackend);
         var pgQueryRunner = new PgQueryRunner(pgConnection);
         queryTablesApi = new QueryTablesApi(pgQueryRunner);
-        overviewsApi = new OverviewsApi(queryTablesApi);
+        overviewsApi = new OverviewsApi(pgQueryRunner);
     });
 
     it('should return an empty relation for tables that have no overviews', function(done) {