diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers.js b/lib/OpenLayers.js
index b22dd27daa..dfd10848dc 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers.js
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@
                 "OpenLayers/Filter/Function.js",                
                 "OpenLayers/Protocol.js",
                 "OpenLayers/Protocol/HTTP.js",
-                "OpenLayers/Protocol/SQL.js",
                 "OpenLayers/Protocol/WFS.js",
                 "OpenLayers/Protocol/WFS/v1.js",
                 "OpenLayers/Protocol/WFS/v1_0_0.js",
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Protocol/SQL.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Protocol/SQL.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 404a3bac90..0000000000
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Protocol/SQL.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2006-2011 by OpenLayers Contributors (see authors.txt for 
- * full list of contributors). Published under the Clear BSD license.  
- * See http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers/license.txt for the
- * full text of the license. */
-
-/**
- * @requires OpenLayers/Protocol.js
- */
-
-/**
- * Class: OpenLayers.Protocol.SQL
- * Abstract SQL protocol class.  Not to be instantiated directly.  Use
- *     one of the SQL protocol subclasses instead.
- *
- * Inherits from:
- *  - <OpenLayers.Protocol>
- */
-OpenLayers.Protocol.SQL = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Protocol, {
-
-    /**
-     * APIProperty: databaseName
-     * {String}
-     */
-    databaseName: 'ol',
-
-    /**
-     * APIProperty: tableName
-     * Name of the database table into which Features should be saved.
-     */
-    tableName: "ol_vector_features",
-
-    /**
-     * Property: postReadFiltering
-     * {Boolean} Whether the filter (if there's one) must be applied after
-     *      the features have been read from the database; for example the
-     *      BBOX strategy passes the read method a BBOX spatial filter, if
-     *      postReadFiltering is true every feature read from the database
-     *      will go through the BBOX spatial filter, which can be costly;
-     *      defaults to true.
-     */
-    postReadFiltering: true,
-
-    /**
-     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Protocol.SQL
-     */
-    initialize: function(options) {
-        OpenLayers.Protocol.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
-    },
-
-    /**
-     * APIMethod: destroy
-     * Clean up the protocol.
-     */
-    destroy: function() {
-        OpenLayers.Protocol.prototype.destroy.apply(this);
-    },
-
-    /**
-     * APIMethod: supported
-     * This should be overridden by specific subclasses
-     *
-     * Returns:
-     * {Boolean} Whether or not the browser supports the SQL backend
-     */
-    supported: function() {
-        return false;
-    },
-
-    /**
-     * Method: evaluateFilter
-     * If postReadFiltering is true evaluate the filter against the feature
-     * and return the result of the evaluation, otherwise return true.
-     *
-     * Parameters:
-     * {<OpenLayers.Feature.Vector>} The feature.
-     * {<OpenLayers.Filter>} The filter.
-     *
-     * Returns:
-     * {Boolean} true if postReadFiltering if false, the result of the
-     * filter evaluation otherwise.
-     */
-    evaluateFilter: function(feature, filter) {
-        return filter && this.postReadFiltering ?
-            filter.evaluate(feature) : true;
-    },
-
-    CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Protocol.SQL"
-});
diff --git a/lib/deprecated.js b/lib/deprecated.js
index a5b4a9a590..69f228228c 100644
--- a/lib/deprecated.js
+++ b/lib/deprecated.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  * @requires OpenLayers/Layer/EventPane.js
  * @requires OpenLayers/Layer/FixedZoomLevels.js
  * @requires OpenLayers/Layer/SphericalMercator.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Protocol.js
  * @requires OpenLayers/Protocol/SQL.js
  * @requires OpenLayers/Format/JSON.js
  * @requires OpenLayers/Format/WKT.js
@@ -3725,6 +3726,85 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.VirtualEarth = OpenLayers.Class(
   }
 })();
 
+/**
+ * Class: OpenLayers.Protocol.SQL
+ * Abstract SQL protocol class.  Not to be instantiated directly.  Use
+ *     one of the SQL protocol subclasses instead.
+ *
+ * Inherits from:
+ *  - <OpenLayers.Protocol>
+ */
+OpenLayers.Protocol.SQL = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Protocol, {
+
+    /**
+     * APIProperty: databaseName
+     * {String}
+     */
+    databaseName: 'ol',
+
+    /**
+     * APIProperty: tableName
+     * Name of the database table into which Features should be saved.
+     */
+    tableName: "ol_vector_features",
+
+    /**
+     * Property: postReadFiltering
+     * {Boolean} Whether the filter (if there's one) must be applied after
+     *      the features have been read from the database; for example the
+     *      BBOX strategy passes the read method a BBOX spatial filter, if
+     *      postReadFiltering is true every feature read from the database
+     *      will go through the BBOX spatial filter, which can be costly;
+     *      defaults to true.
+     */
+    postReadFiltering: true,
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Protocol.SQL
+     */
+    initialize: function(options) {
+        OpenLayers.Protocol.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: destroy
+     * Clean up the protocol.
+     */
+    destroy: function() {
+        OpenLayers.Protocol.prototype.destroy.apply(this);
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: supported
+     * This should be overridden by specific subclasses
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {Boolean} Whether or not the browser supports the SQL backend
+     */
+    supported: function() {
+        return false;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: evaluateFilter
+     * If postReadFiltering is true evaluate the filter against the feature
+     * and return the result of the evaluation, otherwise return true.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * {<OpenLayers.Feature.Vector>} The feature.
+     * {<OpenLayers.Filter>} The filter.
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {Boolean} true if postReadFiltering if false, the result of the
+     * filter evaluation otherwise.
+     */
+    evaluateFilter: function(feature, filter) {
+        return filter && this.postReadFiltering ?
+            filter.evaluate(feature) : true;
+    },
+
+    CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Protocol.SQL"
+});
 
 /**
  * Class: OpenLayers.Protocol.SQL.Gears
diff --git a/tests/Protocol/SQL.html b/tests/deprecated/Protocol/SQL.html
similarity index 86%
rename from tests/Protocol/SQL.html
rename to tests/deprecated/Protocol/SQL.html
index f02a5e855d..f45203db28 100644
--- a/tests/Protocol/SQL.html
+++ b/tests/deprecated/Protocol/SQL.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <html>
 <head>
-  <script src="../OLLoader.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../OLLoader.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../../lib/deprecated.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript">
 
     function test_initialize(t) {
diff --git a/tests/list-tests.html b/tests/list-tests.html
index 181664b437..c93c81c14a 100644
--- a/tests/list-tests.html
+++ b/tests/list-tests.html
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@
     <li>Protocol.html</li>
     <li>Protocol/HTTP.html</li>
     <li>Protocol/Script.html</li>
-    <li>Protocol/SQL.html</li>
     <li>Protocol/WFS.html</li>
     <li>Protocol/SOS.html</li>
     <li>Renderer.html</li>
@@ -230,6 +229,7 @@
     <li>deprecated/Layer/WFS.html</li>
     <li>deprecated/Layer/WMS.html</li>
     <li>deprecated/Layer/WMS/Post.html</li>
+    <li>deprecated/Protocol/SQL.html</li>
     <li>deprecated/Protocol/SQL/Gears.html</li>
     <li>deprecated/Layer/Yahoo.html</li>
     <li>deprecated/Tile/WFS.html</li>