diff --git a/core/client b/core/client
index a2517f3190..4c4fcdad48 160000
--- a/core/client
+++ b/core/client
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a2517f3190e9ee77ef0e7fef5372fae43356c002
+Subproject commit 4c4fcdad486670e9202f8ca22f77c4333c3bb3ec
diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/snippets.js b/core/server/api/canary/snippets.js
index 71ffa9b8b4..3e8bb0d0a1 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/snippets.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/snippets.js
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ module.exports = {
         },
         permissions: true,
         query(frame) {
+            frame.options.require = true;
+
             return models.Snippet.destroy(frame.options)
                 .then(() => null)
                 .catch(models.Snippet.NotFoundError, () => {
diff --git a/core/server/api/v3/snippets.js b/core/server/api/v3/snippets.js
index 71ffa9b8b4..3e8bb0d0a1 100644
--- a/core/server/api/v3/snippets.js
+++ b/core/server/api/v3/snippets.js
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ module.exports = {
         },
         permissions: true,
         query(frame) {
+            frame.options.require = true;
+
             return models.Snippet.destroy(frame.options)
                 .then(() => null)
                 .catch(models.Snippet.NotFoundError, () => {
diff --git a/core/server/models/base/plugins/crud.js b/core/server/models/base/plugins/crud.js
index 60a5b69d3c..ec813537fa 100644
--- a/core/server/models/base/plugins/crud.js
+++ b/core/server/models/base/plugins/crud.js
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ module.exports = function (Bookshelf) {
          * @param {Object} [unfilteredOptions]
          * @return {Promise<Bookshelf['Model']>} Empty Model
          */
-        destroy: async function destroy(unfilteredOptions) {
+        destroy: function destroy(unfilteredOptions) {
             const options = this.filterOptions(unfilteredOptions, 'destroy');
 
             if (!options.destroyBy) {
@@ -208,8 +208,11 @@ module.exports = function (Bookshelf) {
             }
 
             // Fetch the object before destroying it, so that the changed data is available to events
-            const obj = await this.forge(options.destroyBy).fetch(options);
-            return obj.destroy(options);
+            return this.forge(options.destroyBy)
+                .fetch(options)
+                .then(function then(obj) {
+                    return obj.destroy(options);
+                });
         },
 
         // When loading an instance, subclasses can specify default to fetch
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 36ce751dd2..8f28b527e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ghost",
-  "version": "4.8.0",
+  "version": "4.8.1",
   "description": "The professional publishing platform",
   "author": "Ghost Foundation",
   "homepage": "https://ghost.org",