diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index bcaec6345cd947a5a87dcb83031982626fdfb682..74ddfb41ef2cfb31067f7beb1ff8e75a79b55aa2 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: airGR
 Type: Package
 Title: Suite of GR Hydrological Models for Precipitation-Runoff Modelling
-Version: 1.0.12.6
+Version: 1.0.13.0
 Date: 2018-08-29
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Laurent", "Coron", role = c("aut", "trl"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-1503-6204")),
diff --git a/NEWS.rmd b/NEWS.rmd
index bf7e6f7441ad535385bf9354ea936a13b7710214..fa861e2d2edf7146eb81ea8f172af6322c91c81b 100644
--- a/NEWS.rmd
+++ b/NEWS.rmd
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ output:
 
 
 
-### 1.0.12.6 Release Notes (2018-08-29) 
+### 1.0.13.0 Release Notes (2018-08-29) 
 
 
 #### Deprectated and defunct
 
 - The <code>LatRad</code> argument is now deprecated in <code>PEdaily_Oudin()</code> and replaced by the <code>Lat</code> argument.
 
+- The unused <code>Ind_zeroes</code> argument of the <code>CreateInputsCrit()</code> function is now deprecated.
+
 
 #### Major user-visible changes
 
diff --git a/R/CreateInputsCrit.R b/R/CreateInputsCrit.R
index 6b125afdb1e704d2e0aaee80939b19f9d00120e3..4c2d61c9a5ebf31f0fb5764593f93079b7763162 100644
--- a/R/CreateInputsCrit.R
+++ b/R/CreateInputsCrit.R
@@ -84,22 +84,15 @@ CreateInputsCrit <- function(FUN_CRIT,
       return(NULL)
     }
     
-    if (!is.null(Ind_zeroes)) {
-      if (!is.vector(Ind_zeroes)) {
-        stop("Ind_zeroes must be a vector of integers \n")
-        return(NULL)
-      }
-      if (!is.integer(Ind_zeroes)) {
-        stop("Ind_zeroes must be a vector of integers \n")
-        return(NULL)
-      }
+    if (!missing(Ind_zeroes)) {
+      warning("Deprecated \"Ind_zeroes\" argument")
     }
+
     if (!is.null(epsilon)) {
       if (!is.vector(epsilon) |
           length(epsilon) != 1 | !is.numeric(epsilon)) {
         stop("epsilon must be single numeric value \n")
         return(NULL)
-        
       }
       epsilon = as.double(epsilon)
     }
@@ -118,7 +111,6 @@ CreateInputsCrit <- function(FUN_CRIT,
     InputsCrit <- list(BoolCrit   = BoolCrit,
                        Qobs       = Qobs,
                        transfo    = transfo,
-                       Ind_zeroes = Ind_zeroes,
                        epsilon    = epsilon)
     
     class(InputsCrit) <- c("InputsCrit", ObjectClass)
diff --git a/man/CreateInputsCrit.Rd b/man/CreateInputsCrit.Rd
index 8011000cff3c7a4eb182b58d79a33e9e9bfda3f6..dfa0c9dc37a5674b34a9e0719a764516ff62e88a 100644
--- a/man/CreateInputsCrit.Rd
+++ b/man/CreateInputsCrit.Rd
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ CreateInputsCrit(FUN_CRIT, InputsModel, RunOptions, Qobs, BoolCrit = NULL,
 
 \item{transfo}{(optional) [character] name of the transformation (e.g. \code{""}, \code{"sqrt"}, \code{"log"}, \code{"inv"}, \code{"sort"})}
 
-\item{Ind_zeroes}{(optional) [numeric] indices of the time steps where zeroes are observed}
+\item{Ind_zeroes}{(deprecated) [numeric] indices of the time steps where zeroes are observed}
 
 \item{epsilon}{(optional) [numeric] epsilon to add to all Qobs and Qsim if \emph{$Ind_zeroes} is not empty}