diff --git a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
index e6ef0330..5620a9ae 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
@@ -740,18 +740,9 @@ module.exports = function(redisPool) {
                 if(err) throw err;
                 that.setDBConn(user, req.params, this);
             },
-            function getGeometryType(err){
-                if (req.profiler) req.profiler.done('setDBConn');
-                if (err) throw err;
-                if ( ! req.params.table ) return null;
-                cartoData.getTableGeometryType(req.params.dbname, req.params.table, this);
-            },
-            function finishSetup(err, data){
+            function finishSetup(err) {
                 if ( err ) { callback(err, req); return; }
 
-                if (!_.isNull(data))
-                    _.extend(req.params, {geom_type: data});
-
                 // Add default database connection parameters
                 // if none given
                 _.defaults(req.params, {