diff --git a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/entities/RoleImpl.java b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/entities/RoleImpl.java
index 0828392c57..550d838a87 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/entities/RoleImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/entities/RoleImpl.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public class RoleImpl implements Role
     private long rawPermissions;
     private int color;
     private int rawPosition;
+    private int frozenPosition = Integer.MIN_VALUE; // this is used exclusively for delete events
     private RoleIcon icon;
 
     public RoleImpl(long id, Guild guild)
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ public RoleImpl(long id, Guild guild)
     @Override
     public int getPosition()
     {
+        if (frozenPosition > Integer.MIN_VALUE)
+            return frozenPosition;
         Guild guild = getGuild();
         if (equals(guild.getPublicRole()))
             return -1;
@@ -458,6 +461,11 @@ public RoleImpl setIcon(RoleIcon icon)
         return this;
     }
 
+    public void freezePosition()
+    {
+        this.frozenPosition = getPosition();
+    }
+
     public static class RoleTagsImpl implements RoleTags
     {
         public static final RoleTags EMPTY = new RoleTagsImpl();
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/handle/GuildRoleDeleteHandler.java b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/handle/GuildRoleDeleteHandler.java
index 8f3c79d863..0458f364be 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/handle/GuildRoleDeleteHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/handle/GuildRoleDeleteHandler.java
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 package net.dv8tion.jda.internal.handle;
 
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.entities.Emote;
-import net.dv8tion.jda.api.entities.Role;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.events.role.RoleDeleteEvent;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.api.utils.data.DataObject;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.internal.JDAImpl;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.internal.entities.EmoteImpl;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.internal.entities.GuildImpl;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.internal.entities.MemberImpl;
+import net.dv8tion.jda.internal.entities.RoleImpl;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.internal.requests.WebSocketClient;
 
 public class GuildRoleDeleteHandler extends SocketHandler
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ protected Long handleInternally(DataObject content)
         }
 
         final long roleId = content.getLong("role_id");
-        Role removedRole = guild.getRolesView().remove(roleId);
+        RoleImpl removedRole = (RoleImpl) guild.getRolesView().get(roleId);
         if (removedRole == null)
         {
             //getJDA().getEventCache().cache(EventCache.Type.ROLE, roleId, () -> handle(responseNumber, allContent));
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ protected Long handleInternally(DataObject content)
             return null;
         }
 
+        //Allow for position to still be retrievable in event handling
+        removedRole.freezePosition();
+        guild.getRolesView().remove(roleId);
+
         //Now that the role is removed from the Guild, remove it from all users and emotes.
         guild.getMembersView().forEach(m ->
         {
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/utils/PermissionUtil.java b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/utils/PermissionUtil.java
index ea3ebfd056..1772f0446c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/utils/PermissionUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/dv8tion/jda/internal/utils/PermissionUtil.java
@@ -108,20 +108,14 @@ public static boolean canInteract(Role issuer, Role target)
 
         if(!issuer.getGuild().equals(target.getGuild()))
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("The 2 Roles are not from same Guild!");
-        return target.getPosition() < issuer.getPosition();
+        return target.compareTo(issuer) < 0;
     }
 
     /**
      * Check whether the provided {@link net.dv8tion.jda.api.entities.Member Member} can use the specified {@link net.dv8tion.jda.api.entities.Emote Emote}.
      *
      * <p>If the specified Member is not in the emote's guild or the emote provided is from a message this will return false.
-     * Otherwise it will check if the emote is restricted to any roles and if that is the case if the Member has one of these.
-     *
-     * <p>In the case of an {@link net.dv8tion.jda.api.entities.Emote#isAnimated() animated} Emote, this will
-     * check if the issuer is the currently logged in account, and then check if the account has
-     * {@link net.dv8tion.jda.api.entities.SelfUser#isNitro() nitro}, and return false if it doesn't.
-     * <br>For other accounts, this method will not take into account whether the emote is animated, as there is
-     * no real way to check if the Member can interact with them.
+     * Otherwise, it will check if the emote is restricted to any roles and if that is the case if the Member has one of these.
      *
      * <br><b>Note</b>: This is not checking if the issuer owns the Guild or not.
      *