diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Geometry/Collection.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Geometry/Collection.js
index 2a7f85eb40..ccd061ab69 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Geometry/Collection.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Geometry/Collection.js
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ OpenLayers.Geometry.Collection = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Geometry, {
         if(!(components instanceof Array)) {
             components = [components];
         }
-        for (var i = 0; i < components.length; i++) {
+        for(var i=components.length-1; i>=0; --i) {
             this.removeComponent(components[i]);
         }
     },
diff --git a/tests/Geometry/test_Collection.html b/tests/Geometry/test_Collection.html
index 36d3e080ac..a51db0394d 100644
--- a/tests/Geometry/test_Collection.html
+++ b/tests/Geometry/test_Collection.html
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     }
 
     function test_04_Collection_removeComponents (t) {
-        t.plan( 4 );
+        t.plan( 5 );
         coll = new OpenLayers.Geometry.Collection();
         point = new OpenLayers.Geometry.Point(0,0);
         coll.addComponents(point);
@@ -100,6 +100,17 @@
         bounds = coll.getBounds();
         t.eq( bounds.left, 10, "left bound is 10 after removeComponent" );
         t.eq( bounds.bottom, 10, "bottom bound is 10 after removeComponent" );
+        
+        coll = new OpenLayers.Geometry.Collection();
+        for(var i=0; i<5; ++i) {
+            coll.addComponents(
+                new OpenLayers.Geometry.Point(Math.random(), Math.random())
+            );
+        }
+        coll.removeComponents(coll.components);
+        t.eq(coll.components.length, 0,
+             "remove components even works with multiple components");
+        
     }
     
     function test_06_Collection_calculateBounds(t) {