diff --git a/src/ol/layer/vectorlayer.exports b/src/ol/layer/vectorlayer.exports
index fa79c6b730..111527584d 100644
--- a/src/ol/layer/vectorlayer.exports
+++ b/src/ol/layer/vectorlayer.exports
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
 @exportClass ol.layer.Vector ol.layer.VectorLayerOptions
-
-@exportProperty ol.layer.Vector.prototype.addFeatures
diff --git a/src/ol/layer/vectorlayer.js b/src/ol/layer/vectorlayer.js
index fdef16b75a..83d4249a3d 100644
--- a/src/ol/layer/vectorlayer.js
+++ b/src/ol/layer/vectorlayer.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ goog.require('ol.expr.Literal');
 goog.require('ol.expr.Logical');
 goog.require('ol.expr.LogicalOp');
 goog.require('ol.expr.functions');
+goog.require('ol.extent');
 goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 goog.require('ol.geom.SharedVertices');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Layer');
@@ -200,6 +201,34 @@ ol.layer.FeatureCache.prototype.getFeaturesByIds_ = function(ids) {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * Remove a feature from the cache.
+ * @param {ol.Feature} feature Feature.
+ */
+ol.layer.FeatureCache.prototype.remove = function(feature) {
+  var id = goog.getUid(feature).toString(),
+      geometry = feature.getGeometry();
+
+  delete this.idLookup_[id];
+
+  // index by geometry type and bounding box
+  if (!goog.isNull(geometry)) {
+    var geometryType = geometry.getType();
+    delete this.geometryTypeIndex_[geometryType][id];
+    this.rTree_.remove(geometry.getBounds(), feature);
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * TODO: Create a VectorLayerEvent with ADD and REMOVE event types
+ * @typedef {{extent: (ol.Extent|undefined),
+ *            features: (Array.<ol.Feature>|undefined),
+ *            type: goog.events.EventType}}
+ */
+ol.layer.VectorLayerEventObject;
+
+
 
 /**
  * @constructor
@@ -262,11 +291,21 @@ goog.inherits(ol.layer.Vector, ol.layer.Layer);
  * @param {Array.<ol.Feature>} features Array of features.
  */
 ol.layer.Vector.prototype.addFeatures = function(features) {
+  var extent = ol.extent.createEmpty(),
+      feature, geometry;
   for (var i = 0, ii = features.length; i < ii; ++i) {
-    this.featureCache_.add(features[i]);
+    feature = features[i];
+    this.featureCache_.add(feature);
+    geometry = feature.getGeometry();
+    if (!goog.isNull(geometry)) {
+      ol.extent.extend(extent, geometry.getBounds());
+    }
   }
-  // TODO: events for real - listeners want features and extent here
-  this.dispatchEvent(goog.events.EventType.CHANGE);
+  this.dispatchEvent(/** @type {ol.layer.VectorLayerEventObject} */ ({
+    extent: extent,
+    features: features,
+    type: goog.events.EventType.CHANGE
+  }));
 };
 
 
@@ -456,6 +495,29 @@ ol.layer.Vector.prototype.getTransformFeatureInfo = function() {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * Remove features from the layer.
+ * @param {Array.<ol.Feature>} features Features to remove.
+ */
+ol.layer.Vector.prototype.removeFeatures = function(features) {
+  var extent = ol.extent.createEmpty(),
+      feature, geometry;
+  for (var i = 0, ii = features.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+    feature = features[i];
+    this.featureCache_.remove(feature);
+    geometry = feature.getGeometry();
+    if (!goog.isNull(geometry)) {
+      ol.extent.extend(extent, geometry.getBounds());
+    }
+  }
+  this.dispatchEvent(/** @type {ol.layer.VectorLayerEventObject} */ ({
+    extent: extent,
+    features: features,
+    type: goog.events.EventType.CHANGE
+  }));
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @param {Array.<ol.Feature>} features Features.
  * @return {string} Feature info.
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
index bc378f465c..94260aac9f 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer = function(mapRenderer, layer) {
    */
   this.tileCache_ = new ol.TileCache(
       ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer.TILECACHE_SIZE);
-  // TODO: this is far too coarse, we want extent of added features
-  goog.events.listenOnce(layer, goog.events.EventType.CHANGE,
+  goog.events.listen(layer, goog.events.EventType.CHANGE,
       this.handleLayerChange_, false, this);
 
   /**
@@ -177,10 +176,13 @@ goog.inherits(ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer, ol.renderer.canvas.Layer);
  * @private
  */
 ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer.prototype.expireTiles_ = function(opt_extent) {
+  var tileCache = this.tileCache_;
   if (goog.isDef(opt_extent)) {
-    // TODO: implement this
+    var tileRange = this.tileGrid_.getTileRangeForExtentAndZ(opt_extent, 0);
+    tileCache.pruneTileRange(tileRange);
+  } else {
+    tileCache.clear();
   }
-  this.tileCache_.clear();
 };
 
 
@@ -305,12 +307,11 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer.prototype.getFeaturesForPixel =
 
 
 /**
- * @param {goog.events.Event} event Layer change event.
+ * @param {ol.layer.VectorLayerEventObject} event Layer change event.
  * @private
  */
 ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer.prototype.handleLayerChange_ = function(event) {
-  // TODO: get rid of this in favor of vector specific events
-  this.expireTiles_();
+  this.expireTiles_(event.extent);
   this.requestMapRenderFrame_();
 };
 
@@ -526,6 +527,7 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer.prototype.renderFrame =
       tile.getContext('2d').drawImage(sketchCanvas,
           (tileRange.minX - tileCoord.x) * tileSize[0],
           (tileCoord.y - tileRange.maxY) * tileSize[1]);
+      // TODO: Create an ol.VectorTile subclass of ol.Tile
       this.tileCache_.set(key, [tile, symbolSizes, maxSymbolSize]);
     }
     finalContext.drawImage(tile,
diff --git a/src/ol/tilecache.js b/src/ol/tilecache.js
index 09cf94c81d..366a8ce364 100644
--- a/src/ol/tilecache.js
+++ b/src/ol/tilecache.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 goog.provide('ol.TileCache');
 
+goog.require('goog.asserts');
 goog.require('ol.Tile');
+goog.require('ol.TileCoord');
 goog.require('ol.TileRange');
 goog.require('ol.structs.LRUCache');
 
@@ -47,6 +49,9 @@ ol.TileCache.prototype.expireCache = function(usedTiles) {
   var tile, zKey;
   while (this.canExpireCache()) {
     tile = /** @type {ol.Tile} */ (this.peekLast());
+    // TODO: Enforce ol.Tile in ol.TileCache#set
+    goog.asserts.assert(tile instanceof ol.Tile,
+        'ol.TileCache#expireCache only works with ol.Tile values.');
     zKey = tile.tileCoord.z.toString();
     if (zKey in usedTiles && usedTiles[zKey].contains(tile.tileCoord)) {
       break;
@@ -55,3 +60,21 @@ ol.TileCache.prototype.expireCache = function(usedTiles) {
     }
   }
 };
+
+
+/**
+ * Remove a tile range from the cache, e.g. to invalidate tiles.
+ * @param {ol.TileRange} tileRange The tile range to prune.
+ */
+ol.TileCache.prototype.pruneTileRange = function(tileRange) {
+  var i = this.getCount(),
+      key;
+  while (i--) {
+    key = this.peekLastKey();
+    if (tileRange.contains(ol.TileCoord.createFromString(key))) {
+      this.pop();
+    } else {
+      this.get(key);
+    }
+  }
+};