It appears that the MDB is going through the EJB 2 deployer. You should use EJB 3 deployment descriptors to get the EJB 3 deployer to pick it up. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4050894#4050894 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4050894