diff --git a/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js b/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js
index 011febd4de..c83200be52 100644
--- a/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js
+++ b/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js
@@ -163,10 +163,8 @@ export class MongoStorageAdapter {
   // If no objects match, reject with OBJECT_NOT_FOUND. If objects are found and deleted, resolve with undefined.
   // If there is some other error, reject with INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.
 
-  // Currently accepts the acl, schemaController, validate
-  // for lecacy reasons, Parse Server should later integrate acl into the query. Database adapters
-  // shouldn't know about acl.
-  deleteObjectsByQuery(className, query, acl, schemaController, validate) {
+  // Currently accepts the schemaController, and validate for lecacy reasons
+  deleteObjectsByQuery(className, query, schemaController, validate) {
     return this.adaptiveCollection(className)
     .then(collection => {
       let mongoWhere = transform.transformWhere(
@@ -175,9 +173,6 @@ export class MongoStorageAdapter {
         query,
         { validate }
       );
-      if (acl) {
-        mongoWhere = transform.addWriteACL(mongoWhere, acl);
-      }
       return collection.deleteMany(mongoWhere)
     })
     .then(({ result }) => {
diff --git a/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js b/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js
index 6197a707be..34f0f15779 100644
--- a/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js
+++ b/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js
@@ -916,14 +916,6 @@ function transformNotInQuery(notInQueryObject, className, results) {
   }
 }
 
-function addWriteACL(mongoWhere, acl) {
-  return {'$and': [mongoWhere, {"_wperm" : { "$in" : [null, ...acl]}}]};
-}
-
-function addReadACL(mongoWhere, acl) {
-  return {'$and': [mongoWhere, {"_rperm" : { "$in" : [null, "*", ...acl]}}]};
-}
-
 var DateCoder = {
   JSONToDatabase(json) {
     return new Date(json.iso);
@@ -1021,7 +1013,5 @@ module.exports = {
   transformDontSelect,
   transformInQuery,
   transformNotInQuery,
-  addReadACL,
-  addWriteACL,
   untransformObject
 };
diff --git a/src/Controllers/DatabaseController.js b/src/Controllers/DatabaseController.js
index de9e800425..926b1b1717 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/DatabaseController.js
+++ b/src/Controllers/DatabaseController.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Parse database.
 
 import intersect from 'intersect';
+import _         from 'lodash';
 
 var mongodb = require('mongodb');
 var Parse = require('parse/node').Parse;
@@ -9,6 +10,20 @@ var Parse = require('parse/node').Parse;
 var SchemaController = require('../Controllers/SchemaController');
 const deepcopy = require('deepcopy');
 
+function addWriteACL(query, acl) {
+  let newQuery = _.cloneDeep(query);
+  //Can't be any existing '_wperm' query, we don't allow client queries on that, no need to $and
+  newQuery._wperm = { "$in" : [null, ...acl]};
+  return newQuery;
+}
+
+function addReadACL(query, acl) {
+  let newQuery = _.cloneDeep(query);
+  //Can't be any existing '_rperm' query, we don't allow client queries on that, no need to $and
+  newQuery._rperm = { "$in" : [null, "*", ...acl]};
+  return newQuery;
+}
+
 function DatabaseController(adapter, { skipValidation } = {}) {
   this.adapter = adapter;
 
@@ -161,10 +176,10 @@ DatabaseController.prototype.update = function(className, query, update, {
       if (!query) {
         return Promise.resolve();
       }
-      var mongoWhere = this.transform.transformWhere(schema, className, query, {validate: !this.skipValidation});
       if (acl) {
-        mongoWhere = this.transform.addWriteACL(mongoWhere, acl);
+        query = addWriteACL(query, acl);
       }
+      var mongoWhere = this.transform.transformWhere(schema, className, query, {validate: !this.skipValidation});
       mongoUpdate = this.transform.transformUpdate(schema, className, update, {validate: !this.skipValidation});
       if (many) {
         return collection.updateMany(mongoWhere, mongoUpdate);
@@ -299,7 +314,10 @@ DatabaseController.prototype.destroy = function(className, query, { acl } = {})
         }
       }
       // delete by query
-      return this.adapter.deleteObjectsByQuery(className, query, acl, schemaController, !this.skipValidation)
+      if (acl) {
+        query = addWriteACL(query, acl);
+      }
+      return this.adapter.deleteObjectsByQuery(className, query, schemaController, !this.skipValidation)
       .catch(error => {
         // When deleting sessions while changing passwords, don't throw an error if they don't have any sessions.
         if (className === "_Session" && error.code === Parse.Error.OBJECT_NOT_FOUND) {
@@ -613,10 +631,10 @@ DatabaseController.prototype.find = function(className, query, {
         return Promise.resolve([]);
       }
     }
-    let mongoWhere = this.transform.transformWhere(schema, className, query);
     if (!isMaster) {
-      mongoWhere = this.transform.addReadACL(mongoWhere, aclGroup);
+      query = addReadACL(query, aclGroup);
     }
+    let mongoWhere = this.transform.transformWhere(schema, className, query);
     if (count) {
       delete mongoOptions.limit;
       return collection.count(mongoWhere, mongoOptions);