diff --git a/x/incentives/keeper/distribute.go b/x/incentives/keeper/distribute.go
index 2442bfc4687..1fcfe5215ed 100644
--- a/x/incentives/keeper/distribute.go
+++ b/x/incentives/keeper/distribute.go
@@ -21,9 +21,14 @@ func (k Keeper) getDistributedCoinsFromGauges(gauges []types.Gauge) sdk.Coins {
 }
 
 func (k Keeper) getToDistributeCoinsFromGauges(gauges []types.Gauge) sdk.Coins {
-	// TODO: Consider optimizing this in the future to only require one iteration over all gauges.
-	coins := k.getCoinsFromGauges(gauges)
-	distributed := k.getDistributedCoinsFromGauges(gauges)
+	coins := sdk.Coins{}
+	distributed := sdk.Coins{}
+
+	for _, gauge := range gauges {
+		coins = coins.Add(gauge.Coins...)
+		distributed = distributed.Add(gauge.DistributedCoins...)
+	}
+
 	return coins.Sub(distributed)
 }
 
diff --git a/x/incentives/keeper/gauge.go b/x/incentives/keeper/gauge.go
index 59bc7436dc2..8dfe12d1ac7 100644
--- a/x/incentives/keeper/gauge.go
+++ b/x/incentives/keeper/gauge.go
@@ -38,15 +38,6 @@ func (k Keeper) getGaugesFromIterator(ctx sdk.Context, iterator db.Iterator) []t
 	return gauges
 }
 
-// Compute the total amount of coins in all the gauges.
-func (k Keeper) getCoinsFromGauges(gauges []types.Gauge) sdk.Coins {
-	coins := sdk.Coins{}
-	for _, gauge := range gauges {
-		coins = coins.Add(gauge.Coins...)
-	}
-	return coins
-}
-
 // setGauge set the gauge inside store.
 func (k Keeper) setGauge(ctx sdk.Context, gauge *types.Gauge) error {
 	store := ctx.KVStore(k.storeKey)