diff --git a/worldedit-bukkit/src/main/java/com/fastasyncworldedit/bukkit/BukkitPermissionAttachmentManager.java b/worldedit-bukkit/src/main/java/com/fastasyncworldedit/bukkit/BukkitPermissionAttachmentManager.java
index 651c56217..8c065b9ac 100644
--- a/worldedit-bukkit/src/main/java/com/fastasyncworldedit/bukkit/BukkitPermissionAttachmentManager.java
+++ b/worldedit-bukkit/src/main/java/com/fastasyncworldedit/bukkit/BukkitPermissionAttachmentManager.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.fastasyncworldedit.bukkit;
 
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.bukkit.WorldEditPlugin;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+import org.bukkit.permissions.PermissibleBase;
 import org.bukkit.permissions.PermissionAttachment;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ public class BukkitPermissionAttachmentManager {
 
     private final WorldEditPlugin plugin;
     private final Map<Player, PermissionAttachment> attachments = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    private PermissionAttachment noopAttachment;
 
     public BukkitPermissionAttachmentManager(WorldEditPlugin plugin) {
         this.plugin = plugin;
@@ -21,6 +23,12 @@ public class BukkitPermissionAttachmentManager {
         if (p == null) {
             return null;
         }
+        if (p.hasMetadata("NPC")) {
+            if (this.noopAttachment == null) {
+                this.noopAttachment = new PermissionAttachment(plugin, new PermissibleBase(null));
+            }
+            return noopAttachment;
+        }
         return attachments.computeIfAbsent(p, k -> k.addAttachment(plugin));
     }
 
@@ -28,6 +36,10 @@ public class BukkitPermissionAttachmentManager {
         if (p == null) {
             return;
         }
+        if (p.hasMetadata("NPC") && noopAttachment != null) {
+            p.removeAttachment(noopAttachment);
+            return;
+        }
         PermissionAttachment attach = attachments.remove(p);
         if (attach != null) {
             p.removeAttachment(attach);