diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Entities/Users/UserHelper.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Entities/Users/UserHelper.cs
index b47da89c..965d83d2 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Entities/Users/UserHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/Entities/Users/UserHelper.cs
@@ -81,18 +81,14 @@ namespace Discord.Rest
 
         public static async Task AddRolesAsync(IGuildUser user, BaseDiscordClient client, IEnumerable<ulong> roleIds, RequestOptions options)
         {
-            await client.ApiClient.ModifyGuildMemberAsync(user.GuildId, user.Id, args: new()
-            {
-                RoleIds = user.RoleIds.Except(new[] { user.Guild.Id }).Concat(roleIds).Distinct().ToArray()
-            }, options);
+            foreach (var roleId in roleIds)
+                await client.ApiClient.AddRoleAsync(user.Guild.Id, user.Id, roleId, options).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         public static async Task RemoveRolesAsync(IGuildUser user, BaseDiscordClient client, IEnumerable<ulong> roleIds, RequestOptions options)
         {
-            await client.ApiClient.ModifyGuildMemberAsync(user.GuildId, user.Id, args: new()
-            {
-                RoleIds = user.RoleIds.Except(new[] { user.Guild.Id }).Except(roleIds).ToArray()
-            }, options);
+            foreach (var roleId in roleIds)
+                await client.ApiClient.RemoveRoleAsync(user.Guild.Id, user.Id, roleId, options).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         public static async Task SetTimeoutAsync(IGuildUser user, BaseDiscordClient client, TimeSpan span, RequestOptions options)