diff --git a/lib/cartodb/middleware/locals.js b/lib/cartodb/middleware/locals.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2629767e..00000000
--- a/lib/cartodb/middleware/locals.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = function locals () {
-    return function localsMiddleware (req, res, next) {
-        res.locals = Object.assign({}, req.query, req.params);
-
-        next();
-    };
-};
diff --git a/test/unit/cartodb/prepare-context.test.js b/test/unit/cartodb/prepare-context.test.js
index 82526fe9..ff311cc6 100644
--- a/test/unit/cartodb/prepare-context.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/cartodb/prepare-context.test.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ const cleanUpQueryParamsMiddleware = require('../../../lib/cartodb/middleware/cl
 const authorizeMiddleware = require('../../../lib/cartodb/middleware/authorize');
 const dbConnSetupMiddleware = require('../../../lib/cartodb/middleware/db-conn-setup');
 const credentialsMiddleware = require('../../../lib/cartodb/middleware/credentials');
-const localsMiddleware =  require('../../../lib/cartodb/middleware/locals');
 
 var windshaft = require('windshaft');
 
@@ -66,18 +65,6 @@ describe('prepare-context', function() {
         return res;
     }
 
-    it('res.locals are created', function(done) {
-        const locals = localsMiddleware();
-        let req = {};
-        let res = {};
-
-        locals(prepareRequest(req), prepareResponse(res), function(err) {
-            if ( err ) { done(err); return; }
-            assert.ok(res.hasOwnProperty('locals'), 'response has locals');
-            done();
-        });
-    });
-
     it('cleans up request', function(done){
       var req = {headers: { host:'localhost' }, query: {dbuser:'hacker',dbname:'secret'}};
       var res = {};