diff --git a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index 5fc398e9..9d3768f2 100644
--- a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
   <!-- Tabs are strictly banned -->
   <module name="FileTabCharacter"/>
 
+  <module name="SuppressionFilter">
+    <property name="file" value="${basedir}/config/checkstyle/suppressions.xml"/>
+  </module>
+
   <module name="TreeWalker">
     <!-- Important basics -->
     <!-- <module name="PackageDeclaration"/> Unlikely that we would miss this in a PR -->
diff --git a/config/checkstyle/suppressions.xml b/config/checkstyle/suppressions.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0179196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/checkstyle/suppressions.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE suppressions PUBLIC
+        "-//Checkstyle//DTD SuppressionFilter Configuration 1.2//EN"
+        "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/suppressions_1_2.dtd">
+<suppressions>
+    <suppress files="ProtectedRegion.java" checks="EqualsHashCode"/>
+</suppressions>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/worldguard-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/regions/ProtectedRegion.java b/worldguard-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/regions/ProtectedRegion.java
index c5989bb0..18de660d 100644
--- a/worldguard-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/regions/ProtectedRegion.java
+++ b/worldguard-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/regions/ProtectedRegion.java
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ public abstract class ProtectedRegion implements ChangeTracked, Comparable<Prote
      *
      * @param playerName player name to check
      * @return whether an owner
-     * @deprecated Names are deprecated
+     * @deprecated Names are deprecated, this will not return owners added by UUID (LocalPlayer)
      */
     @Deprecated
     public boolean isOwner(String playerName) {
@@ -335,20 +335,7 @@ public abstract class ProtectedRegion implements ChangeTracked, Comparable<Prote
             return true;
         }
 
-        if (members.contains(player)) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        ProtectedRegion curParent = getParent();
-        while (curParent != null) {
-            if (curParent.getMembers().contains(player)) {
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            curParent = curParent.getParent();
-        }
-
-        return false;
+        return isMemberOnly(player);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -357,7 +344,7 @@ public abstract class ProtectedRegion implements ChangeTracked, Comparable<Prote
      *
      * @param playerName player name to check
      * @return whether an owner or member
-     * @deprecated Names are deprecated
+     * @deprecated Names are deprecated, this will not return players added by UUID (LocalPlayer)
      */
     @Deprecated
     public boolean isMember(String playerName) {
@@ -713,6 +700,15 @@ public abstract class ProtectedRegion implements ChangeTracked, Comparable<Prote
         return id.hashCode();
     }
 
+    //  ** This equals doesn't take the region manager into account (since it's not available anyway)
+    //  ** and thus will return equality for two regions with the same name in different worlds (or even
+    //  ** no world at all, such as when testing intersection with a dummy region). Thus, we keep the
+    //  ** hashCode method to improve hashset operation (which is fine within one manager - ids are unique)
+    //  ** and will only leave a collision when regions in different managers with the same id are tested.
+    //  ** In that case, they are checked for reference equality. Note that is it possible to programmatically
+    //  ** add the same region object to two different managers. If someone uses the API in this way, it is expected
+    //  ** that the regions be the same reference in both worlds. (Though that might lead to other odd behavior)
+    /*
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object obj) {
         if (!(obj instanceof ProtectedRegion)) {
@@ -722,6 +718,7 @@ public abstract class ProtectedRegion implements ChangeTracked, Comparable<Prote
         ProtectedRegion other = (ProtectedRegion) obj;
         return other.getId().equals(getId());
     }
+    */
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {