diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers.js b/lib/OpenLayers.js
index 31135c1c68..11176dd459 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers.js
@@ -144,8 +144,6 @@
"OpenLayers/Console.js",
"OpenLayers/Tween.js",
"OpenLayers/Kinetic.js",
- "Rico/Corner.js",
- "Rico/Color.js",
"OpenLayers/Events.js",
"OpenLayers/Events/buttonclick.js",
"OpenLayers/Request.js",
diff --git a/notes/2.13.md b/notes/2.13.md
index 0ee661a642..efa61bf594 100644
--- a/notes/2.13.md
+++ b/notes/2.13.md
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ OpenLayers.js).
* OpenLayers.Layer.Popup.AnchoredBubble
+Because the Rico library is now only used by deprecated components, the
+files have been removed from the debug loader in lib/OpenLayers.js;
+the files have now to be explicitly loaded in a script tag.
+
## LayerSwitcher rounded corner removal
The deprecated `roundedCorner` and `roundedCornerColor` options have
diff --git a/tests/deprecated/Popup/AnchoredBubble.html b/tests/deprecated/Popup/AnchoredBubble.html
index 9d6fec7b91..ffad0690ad 100644
--- a/tests/deprecated/Popup/AnchoredBubble.html
+++ b/tests/deprecated/Popup/AnchoredBubble.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+