diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_static_maps.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_static_maps.js
index 9f604a08..fd0706f0 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_static_maps.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_static_maps.js
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ NamedStaticMapsController.prototype.named = function(req, res) {
 
             // added by createLayergroup
             cacheChannel = res.header('X-Cache-Channel');
-            res.removeHeader('X-Cache-Channel');
             self.surrogateKeysCache.tag(res, new NamedMapsCacheEntry(cdbUser, template.name));
 
             layergroupId = layergroup.layergroupid.split(":")[0];