diff --git a/x/wasm/alias.go b/x/wasm/alias.go
index 3470ffed94..63c02edce2 100644
--- a/x/wasm/alias.go
+++ b/x/wasm/alias.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ const (
 	CustomEventType               = types.CustomEventType
 	AttributeKeyContractAddr      = types.AttributeKeyContractAddr
 	GasMultiplier                 = keeper.GasMultiplier
-	MaxGas                        = keeper.MaxGas
 	QueryListContractByCode       = keeper.QueryListContractByCode
 	QueryGetContract              = keeper.QueryGetContract
 	QueryGetContractState         = keeper.QueryGetContractState
diff --git a/x/wasm/internal/keeper/keeper.go b/x/wasm/internal/keeper/keeper.go
index 88393785c6..401708c41b 100644
--- a/x/wasm/internal/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/x/wasm/internal/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import (
 // Rough timing have 88k gas at 90us, which is equal to 1k sdk gas... (one read)
 const GasMultiplier = 100
 
-// MaxGas for a contract is 900 million (enforced in rust)
-const MaxGas = 900_000_000
-
 // InstanceCost is how much SDK gas we charge each time we load a WASM instance.
 // Creating a new instance is costly, and this helps put a recursion limit to contracts calling contracts.
 const InstanceCost uint64 = 40_000
@@ -528,11 +525,7 @@ func (k Keeper) dispatchMessages(ctx sdk.Context, contractAddr sdk.AccAddress, m
 
 func gasForContract(ctx sdk.Context) uint64 {
 	meter := ctx.GasMeter()
-	remaining := (meter.Limit() - meter.GasConsumed()) * GasMultiplier
-	if remaining > MaxGas {
-		return MaxGas
-	}
-	return remaining
+	return (meter.Limit() - meter.GasConsumed()) * GasMultiplier
 }
 
 func consumeGas(ctx sdk.Context, gas uint64) {
diff --git a/x/wasm/internal/keeper/keeper_test.go b/x/wasm/internal/keeper/keeper_test.go
index 2422becc24..11942b35cd 100644
--- a/x/wasm/internal/keeper/keeper_test.go
+++ b/x/wasm/internal/keeper/keeper_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
@@ -299,6 +300,8 @@ func TestInstantiate(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	gasBefore := ctx.GasMeter().GasConsumed()
+	fmt.Printf("limit: %d\n", ctx.GasMeter().Limit())
+	fmt.Printf("before: %d\n", gasBefore)
 
 	// create with no balance is also legal
 	addr, err := keeper.Instantiate(ctx, contractID, creator, nil, initMsgBz, "demo contract 1", nil)
@@ -306,6 +309,8 @@ func TestInstantiate(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, "cosmos18vd8fpwxzck93qlwghaj6arh4p7c5n89uzcee5", addr.String())
 
 	gasAfter := ctx.GasMeter().GasConsumed()
+	fmt.Printf("limit: %d\n", ctx.GasMeter().Limit())
+	fmt.Printf("after: %d\n", gasAfter)
 	require.Equal(t, uint64(0x11542), gasAfter-gasBefore)
 
 	// ensure it is stored properly