diff --git a/x/concentrated-liquidity/math/precompute.go b/x/concentrated-liquidity/math/precompute.go
index df3939ee3c4..e51298cb33c 100644
--- a/x/concentrated-liquidity/math/precompute.go
+++ b/x/concentrated-liquidity/math/precompute.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	sdkOneDec      = sdk.OneDec()
-	sdkNineDec     = sdk.NewDec(9)
 	sdkTenDec      = sdk.NewDec(10)
 	powersOfTen    []sdk.Dec
 	negPowersOfTen []sdk.Dec
diff --git a/x/incentives/keeper/distribute.go b/x/incentives/keeper/distribute.go
index c532bf9e6c4..6131044d755 100644
--- a/x/incentives/keeper/distribute.go
+++ b/x/incentives/keeper/distribute.go
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ func (k Keeper) AllocateAcrossGauges(ctx sdk.Context) error {
 
 		// only allow distribution if the GroupGauge is Active
 		if gauge.IsActiveGauge(currTime) {
-			coinsToDistributePerInternalGauge, coinsToDistributeThisEpoch, err := k.calcSplitPolicyCoins(ctx, groupGauge.SplittingPolicy, gauge, groupGauge)
+			coinsToDistributePerInternalGauge, coinsToDistributeThisEpoch, err := k.calcSplitPolicyCoins(groupGauge.SplittingPolicy, gauge, groupGauge)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -298,7 +298,9 @@ func (k Keeper) AllocateAcrossGauges(ctx sdk.Context) error {
 
 			// we distribute tokens from groupGauge to internal gauge therefore update groupGauge fields
 			// updates filledEpoch and distributedCoins
-			k.updateGaugePostDistribute(ctx, *gauge, coinsToDistributeThisEpoch)
+			if err := k.updateGaugePostDistribute(ctx, *gauge, coinsToDistributeThisEpoch); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -307,7 +309,8 @@ func (k Keeper) AllocateAcrossGauges(ctx sdk.Context) error {
 
 // calcSplitPolicyCoins calculates tokens to split given a policy and groupGauge.
 // TODO: add volume split policy
-func (k Keeper) calcSplitPolicyCoins(ctx sdk.Context, policy types.SplittingPolicy, groupGauge *types.Gauge, groupGaugeObj types.GroupGauge) (sdk.Coins, sdk.Coins, error) {
+// nolint: unused
+func (k Keeper) calcSplitPolicyCoins(policy types.SplittingPolicy, groupGauge *types.Gauge, groupGaugeObj types.GroupGauge) (sdk.Coins, sdk.Coins, error) {
 	if policy == types.Evenly {
 		remainCoins := groupGauge.Coins.Sub(groupGauge.DistributedCoins)
 
@@ -327,7 +330,6 @@ func (k Keeper) calcSplitPolicyCoins(ctx sdk.Context, policy types.SplittingPoli
 	} else {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("GroupGauge id %d doesnot have enought coins to distribute.", &groupGauge.Id)
 	}
-
 }
 
 // distributeInternal runs the distribution logic for a gauge, and adds the sends to
@@ -528,7 +530,7 @@ func (k Keeper) Distribute(ctx sdk.Context, gauges []types.Gauge) (sdk.Coins, er
 			ctx.Logger().Debug("distributeSyntheticInternal, gauge id %d, %d", "module", types.ModuleName, "gaugeId", gauge.Id, "height", ctx.BlockHeight())
 			gaugeDistributedCoins, err = k.distributeSyntheticInternal(ctx, gauge, filteredLocks, &distrInfo)
 		} else {
-			// Do not distribue if LockQueryType = Group, because if we distribute here we will be double distributing.
+			// Do not distributed if LockQueryType = Group, because if we distribute here we will be double distributing.
 			if gauge.DistributeTo.LockQueryType == lockuptypes.ByGroup {
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/x/incentives/types/keys.go b/x/incentives/types/keys.go
index fe85d4f8652..cfc1e41a279 100644
--- a/x/incentives/types/keys.go
+++ b/x/incentives/types/keys.go
@@ -71,5 +71,4 @@ func NoLockInternalGaugeDenom(poolId uint64) string {
 // KeyGroupGaugeForId returns key for a given groupGaugeId.
 func KeyGroupGaugeForId(groupGaugeId uint64) []byte {
 	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s%d%s", GroupGaugePrefix, "|", groupGaugeId, "|"))
-
 }