diff --git a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/JDABuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/JDABuilder.java
index 2ed8550360..93fdc2de36 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/JDABuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/JDABuilder.java
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
  */
 public class JDABuilder
 {
-    public static final int GUILD_SUBSCRIPTIONS = GatewayIntent.getRaw(GatewayIntent.GUILD_MEMBERS, GatewayIntent.GUILD_PRESENCES, GatewayIntent.GUILD_MESSAGE_TYPING);
     protected final List<Object> listeners = new LinkedList<>();
     protected final EnumSet<CacheFlag> automaticallyDisabled = EnumSet.noneOf(CacheFlag.class);
 
@@ -1410,7 +1409,7 @@ public JDABuilder setVoiceDispatchInterceptor(@Nullable VoiceDispatchInterceptor
     /**
      * The {@link ChunkingFilter} to filter which guilds should use member chunking.
      *
-     * <p>If a guild is configured for chunking the {@link #setMemberCachePolicy(MemberCachePolicy)} will be ignored.
+     * <p>Use {@link #setMemberCachePolicy(MemberCachePolicy)} to configure which members to keep in cache from chunking.
      *
      * @param  filter
      *         The filter to apply
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/sharding/DefaultShardManagerBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/sharding/DefaultShardManagerBuilder.java
index 0fb9aa66f6..017dbab81c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/sharding/DefaultShardManagerBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/api/sharding/DefaultShardManagerBuilder.java
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ public class  DefaultShardManagerBuilder
     protected WebSocketFactory wsFactory = null;
     protected IAudioSendFactory audioSendFactory = null;
     protected ThreadFactory threadFactory = null;
-    protected ChunkingFilter chunkingFilter;
+    protected ChunkingFilter chunkingFilter = ChunkingFilter.ALL;
     protected MemberCachePolicy memberCachePolicy = MemberCachePolicy.ALL;
 
-    private DefaultShardManagerBuilder(@Nullable String token, int intents)
+    protected DefaultShardManagerBuilder(@Nullable String token, int intents)
     {
         this.token = token;
         this.intents = 1 | intents;
@@ -1812,9 +1812,8 @@ public DefaultShardManagerBuilder setWebsocketFactory(@Nullable WebSocketFactory
 
     /**
      * The {@link ChunkingFilter} to filter which guilds should use member chunking.
-     * <br>By default this uses {@link ChunkingFilter#ALL}.
      *
-     * <p>If a guild is configured for chunking the {@link #setMemberCachePolicy(MemberCachePolicy)} will be ignored.
+     * <p>Use {@link #setMemberCachePolicy(MemberCachePolicy)} to configure which members to keep in cache from chunking.
      *
      * @param  filter
      *         The filter to apply
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/JDAImpl.java b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/JDAImpl.java
index 60fd8dfcfd..ab94c85aa3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/JDAImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/JDAImpl.java
@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ public boolean cacheMember(Member member)
         try
         {
             return member.getUser().equals(getSelfUser()) // always cache self
-                    || chunkGuild(member.getGuild().getIdLong())  // always cache if chunking
-                    || memberCachePolicy.cacheMember(member); // ask policy, should we cache?
+                || memberCachePolicy.cacheMember(member); // ask policy, should we cache?
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {