diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Vector.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Vector.js
index f4150faba5..a752552932 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Vector.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Vector.js
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.Vector.prototype =
             features = [features];
         }
 
-        for (var i = 0; i < features.length; i++) {
+        for (var i = features.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
             var feature = features[i];
             this.features = OpenLayers.Util.removeItem(this.features, feature);
 
diff --git a/tests/Layer/test_Vector.html b/tests/Layer/test_Vector.html
index cbcef59dc8..98f66ba7c3 100644
--- a/tests/Layer/test_Vector.html
+++ b/tests/Layer/test_Vector.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     }
 
     function test_03_Layer_Vector_removeFeatures(t) {
-        t.plan(1);
+        t.plan(2);
     
         var layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector(name);
 
@@ -43,13 +43,11 @@
         var features = layer.removeFeatures([pointFeature1]);
         
         t.ok(layer.features.length == 1, "OpenLayers.Layer.Vector.removeFeatures removes a feature from the features array");
-/* patch for #645 will include this
         layer.addFeatures([pointFeature1.clone(), pointFeature2.clone()]);
         var features = layer.removeFeatures(layer.features);
         
         t.ok(layer.features.length == 0,
              "OpenLayers.Layer.Vector.removeFeatures(layer.features) removes all feature from the features array");
-*/
     }
     
     function test_Layer_Vector_addStyle (t) {