diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/permissions/PermissibleBase.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/permissions/PermissibleBase.java
index 6bf0e510..88fa82e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/permissions/PermissibleBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/permissions/PermissibleBase.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class PermissibleBase implements Permissible {
         } else if (perm != null) {
             return perm.getDefault().getValue(isOp());
         } else {
-            return false;
+            return Permission.DEFAULT_PERMISSION.getValue(isOp());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/permissions/Permission.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/permissions/Permission.java
index d7c5ba0f..4381e2e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/permissions/Permission.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/permissions/Permission.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;