diff --git a/src/command/ConsoleCommandSender.php b/src/command/ConsoleCommandSender.php
index 70c9fb409..aeccc887b 100644
--- a/src/command/ConsoleCommandSender.php
+++ b/src/command/ConsoleCommandSender.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class ConsoleCommandSender implements CommandSender{
 
 	public function __construct(Server $server, Language $language){
 		$this->server = $server;
-		$this->perm = new PermissibleBase($this, true);
+		$this->perm = new PermissibleBase(true);
 		$this->language = $language;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/permission/PermissibleBase.php b/src/permission/PermissibleBase.php
index c144bd852..a45902815 100644
--- a/src/permission/PermissibleBase.php
+++ b/src/permission/PermissibleBase.php
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ use pocketmine\timings\Timings;
 use function spl_object_id;
 
 class PermissibleBase implements Permissible{
-	/** @var Permissible|null */
-	private $parent;
-
 	/**
 	 * @var bool[]
 	 * @phpstan-var array<string, bool>
@@ -53,11 +50,9 @@ class PermissibleBase implements Permissible{
 	 */
 	private $permissionRecalculationCallbacks;
 
-	public function __construct(?Permissible $permissible, bool $isOp){
+	public function __construct(bool $isOp){
 		$this->permissionRecalculationCallbacks = new Set();
 
-		$this->parent = $permissible;
-
 		//TODO: we can't setBasePermission here directly due to bad architecture that causes recalculatePermissions to explode
 		//so, this hack has to be done here to prevent permission recalculations until it's fixed...
 		if($isOp){
@@ -66,21 +61,17 @@ class PermissibleBase implements Permissible{
 		//TODO: permissions need to be recalculated here, or inherited permissions won't work
 	}
 
-	private function getRootPermissible() : Permissible{
-		return $this->parent ?? $this;
-	}
-
 	public function setBasePermission($name, bool $grant) : void{
 		if($name instanceof Permission){
 			$name = $name->getName();
 		}
 		$this->rootPermissions[$name] = $grant;
-		$this->getRootPermissible()->recalculatePermissions();
+		$this->recalculatePermissions();
 	}
 
 	public function unsetBasePermission($name) : void{
 		unset($this->rootPermissions[$name instanceof Permission ? $name->getName() : $name]);
-		$this->getRootPermissible()->recalculatePermissions();
+		$this->recalculatePermissions();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -113,13 +104,13 @@ class PermissibleBase implements Permissible{
 			throw new PluginException("Plugin " . $plugin->getDescription()->getName() . " is disabled");
 		}
 
-		$result = new PermissionAttachment($plugin, $this->getRootPermissible());
+		$result = new PermissionAttachment($plugin, $this);
 		$this->attachments[spl_object_id($result)] = $result;
 		if($name !== null and $value !== null){
 			$result->setPermission($name, $value);
 		}
 
-		$this->getRootPermissible()->recalculatePermissions();
+		$this->recalculatePermissions();
 
 		return $result;
 	}
@@ -131,7 +122,7 @@ class PermissibleBase implements Permissible{
 				$ex->attachmentRemoved($attachment);
 			}
 
-			$this->getRootPermissible()->recalculatePermissions();
+			$this->recalculatePermissions();
 
 		}
 
@@ -141,7 +132,7 @@ class PermissibleBase implements Permissible{
 		Timings::$permissibleCalculationTimer->startTiming();
 
 		$permManager = PermissionManager::getInstance();
-		$permManager->unsubscribeFromAllPermissions($this->getRootPermissible());
+		$permManager->unsubscribeFromAllPermissions($this);
 		$this->permissions = [];
 
 		foreach($this->rootPermissions as $name => $isGranted){
@@ -150,7 +141,7 @@ class PermissibleBase implements Permissible{
 				throw new \InvalidStateException("Unregistered root permission $name");
 			}
 			$this->permissions[$name] = new PermissionAttachmentInfo($name, null, $isGranted);
-			$permManager->subscribeToPermission($name, $this->getRootPermissible());
+			$permManager->subscribeToPermission($name, $this);
 			$this->calculateChildPermissions($perm->getChildren(), false, null);
 		}
 
@@ -175,7 +166,7 @@ class PermissibleBase implements Permissible{
 			$perm = $permManager->getPermission($name);
 			$value = ($v xor $invert);
 			$this->permissions[$name] = new PermissionAttachmentInfo($name, $attachment, $value);
-			$permManager->subscribeToPermission($name, $this->getRootPermissible());
+			$permManager->subscribeToPermission($name, $this);
 
 			if($perm instanceof Permission){
 				$this->calculateChildPermissions($perm->getChildren(), !$value, $attachment);
@@ -197,10 +188,9 @@ class PermissibleBase implements Permissible{
 	}
 
 	public function destroyCycles() : void{
-		PermissionManager::getInstance()->unsubscribeFromAllPermissions($this->getRootPermissible());
+		PermissionManager::getInstance()->unsubscribeFromAllPermissions($this);
 		$this->permissions = []; //PermissionAttachmentInfo doesn't reference Permissible anymore, but it references PermissionAttachment which does
 		$this->attachments = []; //this might still be a problem if the attachments are still referenced, but we can't do anything about that
-		$this->parent = null;
 		$this->permissionRecalculationCallbacks->clear();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/player/Player.php b/src/player/Player.php
index fca4a5ae1..5219b3a63 100644
--- a/src/player/Player.php
+++ b/src/player/Player.php
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkListener, IPlayer{
 		$this->uuid = $this->playerInfo->getUuid();
 		$this->xuid = $this->playerInfo instanceof XboxLivePlayerInfo ? $this->playerInfo->getXuid() : "";
 
-		$this->perm = new PermissibleBase($this, $this->server->isOp($this->username));
+		$this->perm = new PermissibleBase($this->server->isOp($this->username));
 		$this->chunksPerTick = (int) $this->server->getConfigGroup()->getProperty("chunk-sending.per-tick", 4);
 		$this->spawnThreshold = (int) (($this->server->getConfigGroup()->getProperty("chunk-sending.spawn-radius", 4) ** 2) * M_PI);
 		$this->chunkSelector = new ChunkSelector();