diff --git a/lib/cartodb/server.js b/lib/cartodb/server.js
index 3849417a..08ec1a66 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/server.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/server.js
@@ -409,12 +409,6 @@ function setupLogger(app, opts) {
         };
         app.use(global.log4js.connectLogger(global.log4js.getLogger(), _.defaults(loggerOpts, {level: 'info'})));
     }
-
-    // default X-Tiler-Errors header
-    app.use((req, res, next) => {
-        res.set('X-Tiler-Errors', '{}');
-        next();
-    });
 }
 
 function surrogateKeysCacheBackends(serverOptions) {